quote: "The real benefit of electricity is that it?s about one-fifth of the price of electricity at today?s prices."
do you guys proofread your column before posting? I proofread scientific journals for PhD.s for whom English is a second language, so when I see this it is natural to correct you, not trying to put you on the spot ; )
Read these February 2010 Nissan website informative posts:
http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/news/infrastructure#/leaf-electric-car/news/infrastructure/renault_nissan_alliance_forms_zero_emission_vehicle_partnership_with_city_of_orlandohere GM plans to have personal charging stations in your home:
http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/news/news_detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2010/Jun/0616_voltchargeI would say that the home charging station will generate more sales but the typical green person may also be a renter, so expect apartment communities to install charging stations also.
On a public gas station approach, I would expect that method would involved changing out batteries such as is done in forklifts in warehouses.
Just like universities have had to upgrade their power grids to provide laptop outlets at every desk and in lecture halls, so will the parking garages in major urban centers, by installing chargers in certain areas. You would insert a credit card and pay for charging time.
This is not as much of a crisis as the hype suggests. The media wants everything to be a crisis to sell more advertising.
The electric grid is underutilized and the switch to electric cars will not overburden the system, but we do have to ask the environmentalists why they wont allow nuclear plants to be built, yet they forced the oil companies to drill in dangerous offshore deep locations.
