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Fast charger comes to Voltageville: Envisioning the Future

Plugs and Cars

In 2001 I began driving an electric car, obtaining the last of the ZEV mandate-required EVs. GM announced the Volt. I wish I had gotten a photo of the complete line-up of chargers under the solar array, because it is evidence of real-world solutions, available now, to make plug-in cars and renewable electricity a reality quickly.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Google founder Sergey Brin drove one of the 2001 Th!nk Contracts for lithium batteries for the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt have received much press. Of course, the Volt remains a desire at this point, not yet a reality. nk Global , the reinvigorated Norwegian electric car maker.

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