Plugs and Cars

MARCH 3, 2011

But one shouldn't have to know Bob to plug in your new car. I'd hoped the City would find a way to open up the opportunity for the people beginning to obtain plug-in cars to more freely use these rare, public charge stations. Publicly plugging in is an act of coming out, of civic responsibility.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

As announced by most of the major automotive manufactures, most recently Daimler, the next step is the plug-in hybrid, which will run a vehicle solely on electricity with backup combustion-engine capability for those who are still “range afraid.” We were successful with this before – remember the EV1?)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries. The article is often carried by lots of media who will point to this breakthrough as something that has an impact on electric vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. "The Volt is a case study.

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