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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The electric grid is the most advanced energy-distribution network ever created and is constantly only a few feet away from us (far more ubiquitous than gas/ethanol/hydrogen stations). As a civilization, we have committed ourselves to electricity and we must make cleaner electricity. Electric engines are emissions free (and quiet).

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Apr 19th 2009 4:54PM Or fuel cells (ex: hydrogen). Now where to get that pesky hydrogen. like i said in the first place, for me, this makes me think of one step in the right direction and makes me think of a greener cleaner future. Neutral who? @ Some cars have them built-in, and they produce electricity too.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? Then give us all a hydrogen cracker (solor powered) and run our cars and supplement our homes with the hydrogen. 2:54 PM Anonymous said. 5:53 PM Anonymous said. I guess Im your typical V2G user (provider).

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Beware of businessmen trying to make a fortune with the wish to shift to cleaner propulsion!