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Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles: A Financial Win-Win for All -- Seeking Alpha

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V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The two companies have made a series of deals across the world supplying carsfor the electrification programmes of cities and whole countries – Denmark,Israel and Portugal among them. Matt Gentry, Aransas Pass , Tx, United States Instead of wasting time and money on an obvious SPIN Idea the government should put money into R&D.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. SZ (1) 6753.T

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So much more convenient than having to take time out of my day and go out of my way (wasting more energy) to get a charge elsewhere or do battery swaps. Companies like ECOtality are already working with Nissan, which seems to have given up on battery swapping. Reply ↓ ↑ report 15 Ken 2:04AM (4/10/2009) I want to charge at home.