Electric cars are being hailed as a great, sustainable alternative to gas-powered vehicles. 

There are plenty of options these days, from the peppy little Fiat to the pricy Tesla. But are passengers cars really the right place to be focusing on electric alternatives? 

Maybe not. We might do better to focus on bigger vehicles, like trash trucks. OC Register auto critic

explains more on this edition of the Wheel Thing. 

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