BBC Plug Power Grid Transportation 
Cars That Think
MAY 21, 2022
Who, after all, hasn’t tired of having to plug in and unplug their phone and other rechargeable gizmos? Wires also challenge electric utilities: These companies must take pains to boost the voltage they apply to their transmission cables to very high values to avoid dissipating most of the power along the way. It’s a nuisance.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Now, people are used to cellphone subscription plans and plugging the phone into the wall at night, Mr. Thesen reasoned, so a switch to electric cars would also be manageable. Rather than setting up the public for disappointment (see ethanol), plug-n electric advocates should push the very real, if not sexy, advantages. — DonO 5.
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