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By Scott Doggett, Contributor


Every so often someone comes up with a plan that, despite its merits, is so far out it doesn't stand a chance of being realized and is eventually placed in a landfill.


We suspect Tony Locricchio's plan will go that way - and we aren't convinced that it shouldn't.


The Hawaii attorney and electric-vehicle proponent on Monday presented a pod of reporters with a dress rehearsal of the pitch he'll make to the general public tonight at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.


And the plan is a doosey. Titled "Time Is of the Essence: Changing America's Transportation and Power Alternatives," it requires American households, neighborhoods, cities and other entities to adopt an entirely different approach to transportation.


Households would be expected to shed at least one of the 2.3 petrol-consuming automobiles they now possess and buy at least one zero-emissions, electric-propelled vehicle such as a Land Glider 3-wheeled open-air scooter or a 3-wheeled, 2-occupant NearCar, which Locricchio says can be had for less than $3,000.
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Tags: Batteries, Emissions, Fuel Economy, Mass Transit, Plug-ins and Electric, Electric Vehicles, Fuel Economy, Near Car, NearCar, Petersen Automotive Museum, Plug-in Electric Vehicles, Tony Locricchio, Zero Emissions

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Electric Vehicle Promoter Lays Out Radical Transportation System for U.S. Cities was originally published by Green Car Advisor. Read the full story by clicking here.