Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. But increased use of electric vehicles could lead to everyone plugging in at the same time, peaking demand and complicating things, particularly if electric vehicles take hold of entire neighborhoods, as car trends often do, Kjaer explained.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Oregon cant afford to play that game, or at least not at those levels, but McCabe thinks it remains a serious contender for Norwegian electric car manufacturer Think. and Mark Brady, the departments sustainable development liaison. See more in Economy Send To A Friend | Print this | Permalink Reddit Digg del.icio.us

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