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In cold weather electric cars must divert their energy to providing heat, which a combustion engine does simply by running.<ref>https://www.libertynation.com/the-cold-facts-on-electrical-vehicles/</ref>  It is predictable that electric cars that are stranded in snowstorms will be unable to continue to heat the car as a traditional engine would.
 
In cold weather electric cars must divert their energy to providing heat, which a combustion engine does simply by running.<ref>https://www.libertynation.com/the-cold-facts-on-electrical-vehicles/</ref>  It is predictable that electric cars that are stranded in snowstorms will be unable to continue to heat the car as a traditional engine would.
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Local opposition to new electric car manufacturing plants is vocal and overwhelming.  Concerns include possible pollution of the local water supply by the toxic materials used:
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{{cquote|How will the water supply be protected?
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... Some yard signs have begun popping up in Social Circle, population 4,974, in Walton County. In the smaller neighboring Morgan County community of Rutledge, on the other side of the planned plant, a “Rutledge Opposed to Rivian Assembly Plant” Facebook group has about 770 members, almost as large as the town’s population.<ref>https://www.ajc.com/news/rivians-georgia-electric-vehicle-plant-sparks-fears-among-neighbors/MHSOOW54DNE4ZEOZ4ZDN3DVCVY/</ref>}}
 
On August 20, 2021, [[General Motors]] recalled all of its 2017-2022 Bolt EVs and all its 2022 Bolt Electric SUVs ("EUVs") because of a risk of fire in their lithium batteries.<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/gm-recalls-all-chevy-bolts-over-battery-fires</ref>
 
On August 20, 2021, [[General Motors]] recalled all of its 2017-2022 Bolt EVs and all its 2022 Bolt Electric SUVs ("EUVs") because of a risk of fire in their lithium batteries.<ref>https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/gm-recalls-all-chevy-bolts-over-battery-fires</ref>
  
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