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Old 07-13-2013, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bavarian View Post
Charging stations would be billed using the users credit card, no cost to anyone else. The power would come from the main cables underground, not from a business. The right to install and maintain the charging stations would be up for bid, winning company installs and maintains, costs are paid by charging fee.
I saw a prototype charging station by Ford at Winter CES, powered by solar cells on top.
It is doable, won't cost any non electric vehicle user anything, won't cost businesses any thing. It is the future and the future is here.
The "main cables underground" are of much too high voltage to run a charger, so you would need a transformer. Where would you put that ? On the sidewalk ?
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