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Guerrilla charging: theft or public service?

Plugs and Cars

You're going out of town for a few days and recall a few spots at the airport parking lot that have a regular 110-volt electric outlet on the wall. Do you plug in your Tesla (or Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt)? And he is taunting the authorities in Denver to fine the owner of the Tesla he found plugged in at the airport.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Viewers of “ Who Killed The Electric Car? &# may recall it was a little more complicated than that… The first five states where the Leaf will be available are: California, Arizona, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington. The Leaf is just the first of several all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles about to come on the market.

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GM's New Plan: Fewer Jobs, More Chevy Volt - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fuel for Thought: BP talks down electric vehicles April 27, 2009, 10:28 AM ET GM’s New Plan: Fewer Jobs, More Chevy Volt Article Comments (21) Environmental Capital HOME PAGE » Email Printer Friendly Permalink Share: Yahoo! In addition, those 10 gallons may last weeks in a VOLT if used only in crisis mode.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Español HD Mobile Engadget Engadget Engadget Web Images Video News Local RSS Feed Contact us Tip us on news!

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How TikTok inspired a $350K Mercedes-Benz EQS road trip – fast charging and all

EV Central

Truly, plugging in a DC super-duper fast charger is analogous to listening to music only through a Sony Walkman for years and then sliding into a Mark Levinson-equipped luxury car and turning it up to 11. It is a truly awful thing to feel not only intimidated but completely beaten, belittled, unmanned.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. And Wang stresses that BYD, unlike Sony and Sanyo, has never faced a recall of its batteries. Tags: evdriven. "Their cars are way behind Toyota, for sure," Sokol admits.

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