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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Gioia, who’s Ford’s Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Platforms, told me that - according to the power company partners Ford is working with - the electricity grid is a long, long way off being ready to support vehicle-to-grid capabilities. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

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