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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. Witha 60-mile range, most felt the need to recharge after 30 miles or so. Is it becuase US market prefers a "home" product?

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. Today we could be using lead-acid EVs, lead-carbon-acid EVs, or nickel metal hydride or lithium-ion hybrids. Then I recall that my laptop batteries barely ever last four years.