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PAINTING POWER

The relentless push toward the electrification of items using internal combustion engines has driven the fastest rate of technological development since the space race of the 1960s.

Our world now includes new electric cars, new electric lawn mowers and new electric boats, all promising a more sustainable future without coughing out any of those nasty greenhouse gas emissions.

But what we still don’t have is a real answer to nagging concerns over range. For all their advances, electric vehicles are still tied to the limitations of today’s battery technology and a significant lack of charging infrastructure – especially once we leave the urban city core.

It is this range anxiety which represents the single greatest barrier to further adoption. I mean, it’s one thing

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