“Electric vehicles are no longer the butt of US oil industry jokes.  With the launch of the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt, sustainable,  alternative-energy driving experiences are gaining mainstream traction.  However, for EVs to really put the rubber to the road, the country’s  infrastructure will have to change—we’re going to need charging stations  instead of gas stations, so that EV drivers don’t have to head home  when they need to “fuel up.”
With frog’s help, the San Francisco-based company ECOtality  has plugged into the EV-charging market with the launch of its first  line of consumer-facing products. Known collectively as Blink, this  family of chargers can be easily integrated into different  environments—and charge a car in about 90 minutes”

“Electric vehicles are no longer the butt of US oil industry jokes. With the launch of the Nissan Leaf and the Chevy Volt, sustainable, alternative-energy driving experiences are gaining mainstream traction. However, for EVs to really put the rubber to the road, the country’s infrastructure will have to change—we’re going to need charging stations instead of gas stations, so that EV drivers don’t have to head home when they need to “fuel up.”

With frog’s help, the San Francisco-based company ECOtality has plugged into the EV-charging market with the launch of its first line of consumer-facing products. Known collectively as Blink, this family of chargers can be easily integrated into different environments—and charge a car in about 90 minutes”

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  1. lejorden reblogged this from utilitarianthings and added:
    This is so sexy! So utopian...see until it’s too late.
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  5. tee-air-ah reblogged this from utilitarianthings and added:
    Yes! Investment in...stepped up to it. Relieve our reliance on oil. I hope
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