ELECTRIC CAR The need to find alternatives to petrol use has never (56) .. greater than it is today. Fossil fuels are damaging our atmosphere and oil companies keep putting (57) .. the price of petrol. So why arent electric cars more popular? Electric cars have a number of benefits, the (58) .. obvious being that they dont use petrol or diesel. (59) .. of this, theyre cheaper to run and they dont (60) .. off harmful exhaust fumes. Whats more, their engines are silent and their performance on the road is the same (61) .. regular cars, still, their widespread use has not caught (62) ..There are several reasons for this. One thing that has (63) .. many people off is the price, which has dropped in recent years but is still higher than other cars. There is also a lack (64). places to charge the cars battery, leading to the fear that the car will (65) . out of power halfway through a trip