Debate: Will Electric Cars Finally Succeed?
Are plug-in cars the future, or will high cost and other technologies eclipse their promise?

Claim: Electric cars will succeed
Reason: The future is an opportunity for electric car success if battery costs go down.
Warrant 0: costs are likely to go down, as being used more leads to lower prices
Warrant 1: costs are not likely to go down, as being used less leads to higher prices
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Electric cars will succeed
Reason: The future is an opportunity for electric car success if battery costs go down.
Warrant 0: this is a hurdle the companies can get over, it appears there are ways to bring the cost down
Warrant 1: this doesn't seem to be a hurdle the companies can get over, it seems to be costly no matter what they do
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Electric cars will succeed
Reason: Electric cars are practical for most people.
Warrant 0: practical alternative energies do not hurt the giant beast that is the oil industry.
Warrant 1: practical alternative energies hurt the giant beast that is the oil industry.
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Electric cars will not succeed
Reason: Having such high interest in a foundling industry with the economy struggling is proof of the electric cars viability.
Warrant 0: nobody can defeat the oil interests
Warrant 1: together everybody can defeat the oil interests
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Electric cars will not succeed
Reason: Realizing that gasoline is not the only way to fuel cars will lead to lots of  innovation.
Warrant 0: plug-in cars are not the only new technology available
Warrant 1: plug-in cars is the only new technology available
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Electric cars will not succeed
Reason: The cost efficiency of electric cars will make gasoline powered vehicles go away
Warrant 0: companies that make gas powered cars cannot fight them
Warrant 1: companies that make gas powered cars will fight them
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Electric cars will not succeed
Reason: The future is an opportunity for electric car success if battery costs go down.
Warrant 0: battery costs could easily go down
Warrant 1: battery costs might not go down
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: Electric cars will not succeed
Reason: Electric cars are practical for most people.
Warrant 0: most people cannot afford them
Warrant 1: most people can afford them
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Electric cars will not succeed
Reason: Most shoppers, commuters and soccer moms will find the electric sedan practical. Can  be fashionably stylish too.
Warrant 0: the price is out of reach for most Americans
Warrant 1: the price is not out of reach for most Americans
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: Electric cars will not succeed
Reason: Overnight charging will be easy.
Warrant 0: it will cause your home electricity bill to get much higher
Warrant 1: it will cause your gas bill to get much lower
Correct warrant: 0