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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Current consortium members include Accenture, Current Group, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Ventyx. Driving range will no longer be an obstacle, because customers will be able to plug their cars into charging units in any of the 500,000 charging spots in Israel. Smart meters and substations will be integral. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps.