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Germany's automakers are proudly showing off their concept electric cars at the Frankfurt motor show, which opens to the public Thursday. But the shiny new designs on display are just a pipe dream. It's still not clear when, or even if, viable electric cars will make it onto the mass market.
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Germany's automakers are proudly showing off their concept electric cars at the Frankfurt motor show, which opens to the public on Sept. 17.

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Foto: A3602 Frank Rumpenhorst/ dpa
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But the shiny new designs on display are just a pipe dream. It's still not clear when, or even if, viable electric cars will make it onto the mass market.

Read the article: Will the Electric Car ever Make it to the Mass Market?

Foto: Tom Grünweg
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BMW is showing its "Vision Efficient Dynamics," a hybrid composed of a three-cylinder diesel engine flanked by two electric motors, which is supposed to have a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour (155 miles per hour).

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Foto: A3399 Arne Dedert/ dpa
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An electric Smart gets charged at the Frankfurt motor show.

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Foto: A3399 Arne Dedert/ dpa
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