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One big sticking point for those still unwilling to embrace the eco-
friendly credentials of electric vehicles is the undeniable fact that
building an EV costs plenty in terms of resource and energy use.
Hoping to counter this concern, Genovation is working on developing a
new G2 electric car (the G1 was a Ford Focus modified with off-the-
shelf parts to run on batteries), which will try to maximize the use
of renewable and recycled materials in its construction. It's just
completed the first phase of its development, where quarter-size
models have been built by Tata Technologies and a bunch of
simulations, analyses, and performance tests have been run. Phases two
and three will involve the building of functional prototypes and pre-
production road vehicles, with phase four presumably being the onset
of our sustainable living utopia.
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