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Sentence 47

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We all know that electric transport is advantageous. Apart from being eco-friendly, electric vehicles have the same safety precautions as the gasoline vehicles. With technological advancement, these vehicles are also cost-effective. Recharging them is cheap, and buying of many vehicles offers incentives from the government for going green.

After
Apart from being eco-friendly, electric vehicles have the same safety features as gasoline vehicles. With technological advancement, these vehicles are also cost-effective. Recharging is inexpensive and the government offers incentives for going green.

Notes
Deleted "We all know that electric transport is advantageous." since it is preachy, and if everyone knows it already, why are you stating it?

Electric vehicles cannot have 'safety precautions'. They can only have 'safety features'. #word choice

Cheap vs. Inexpensive #word choice. The latter sounds less tacky.
Changed 'and buying of many vehicles offers incentives from the government for going green.' to 'and the government offers incentives for going green.' since the before version wasn't thought through well and hence didn't convey the intended meaning.

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