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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Those exact words came from my wife’s mouth when I suggested we rent an electric car for a week’s family holiday in France. Europcar provided a Shell Recharge card: you create an account, link your payment method and bingo! And there are many different public charging providers in France. Just don’t.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi?

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As part of the solution framework, the Israeli government will provide tax incentives to customers, Renault will supply the electric vehicles, and Project Better Place will construct and operate an Electric Recharge Grid across the entire country. Electric vehicles will be available for customers in 2011. 2:54 PM Anonymous said.

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