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0FOR AT LEAST A DECADE, carmakers have been professing<br />
their deep and abiding interest in electric-drive vehicles whenever<br />
possible. But until recently, it wasn’t always clear which of them<br />
were really sincere.<br />
Today every last one of them seems sincere. As this year’s “Top 10<br />
Tech Cars” package shows, ever more varied hybrids are going into<br />
mass production, along with—you betcha—a few all-electric cars.<br />
Some of the electric-drive machines aspire beyond mere<br />
greenness to heart-pounding performance, an aspiration that may<br />
seem strange to those taught to view electric cars as spacious,<br />
all-weather golf carts. But performance is indeed a logical goal,<br />
given the instant-on torque that electric motors provide.<br />
While electrons may now be a recurrent theme of our annual<br />
Top 10 automotive reports, we do not slight the internal-combustion<br />
engine, which has lots of life—and technological enhancements—<br />
to come. And for those who don’t spend a whole lot of time<br />
worrying about whether they’re treading lightly enough on the<br />
planet’s roads, we include two ultraperformance German<br />
sports cars that run purely on gasoline and adrenaline.<br />
One can easily be yours. If you’re willing to trade in your<br />
house for it. —Philip E. Ross & David Schneider<br />
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