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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

Plugging in to public charge stations is part of the process of introducing Americans to electric cars. Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety." Juice flows.

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

(For this to work in place of a wall-mounted unit, you still need a dedicated 240V 30 amp circuit and outlet, which would cost a few hundred dollars of an electrician’s time and perhaps $50 in parts.) They’ve kept my LEAF juiced, after all. Something Ecotality couldn’t do even with $100 million in federal grant money.

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