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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Neutral Templarian @ Apr 19th 2009 4:30PM Good to hear, hopefully GM has already started to use this for the Volt. Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. The 8900 Curve has micro USB. The Toco has a mini USB port for main power.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank. Perhaps more importantly, quickly "pouring" electricity into many of the batteries available today may stress the very expensive component and shorten their useful lifetime.