Our "Carolina Curious" series continues with a look at what may be the future of roadway travel: vehicles that run on electricity.
WFDD listener David Kaplan says, "I'm concerned about batteries that are used in hybrid and all-electric cars. Since they can't be recycled, where do they end up? Are they in landfills?"
Reporter David Ford takes us to where the rubber meets the road.
The sleek, aerodynamic, electric vehicles rolling off the production lines today look almost science fiction like. The only thing missing are wings.
Around 1832, Robert Anderson develops the first crude electric vehicle, but it isn't until the 1870s or later that electric cars become practical. <