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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Were told that the agreement includes nods of acceptance from the likes of Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Eon, Vattenfall, EDF, Npower, Endesa and Enel, and while theres no time frame for when itll be introduced, were pretty stoked to hear that at least something has been decided upon. In a word, no.

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2010 Aptera 2e First Drive and Video on Inside Line

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The initial funding has come from serious investors, including Idealab, the business incubator of entrepreneur Bill Gross, as well as google.org, the green-investments arm of Google. The company so far has been operating on just $30 million in start-up financing.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The smallfour-seater Mitsubishi iMiEV uses lithium-ion but is likely to cost up to£20,000 when it becomes available here later this year. Virtually all the world’s bigmotor manufacturers are building prototypes using lithium-ion batteries butso far they have reached production only in a few low-volume models.