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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

. “Unless the government adds detailed action plans and centralized direction to its plan, China may well squander the vast opportunity electric vehicles are now offering,&# Yang Jian, the managing editor of Automotive News China, wrote in a December 2009 editorial. One reason for automakers’ trepidation is technological.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A key thing, he said, will be to recharge the batteries at an acceptable time for the electricity grid — to “make sure people aren’t charging at the very peak, peak time,” like late afternoon when the electricity grid is already weighted down by demands like air conditioning. In fact, almost none at all. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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