Electric Vehicles

Nissan is “aggressively supporting” technology that will charge batteries to about 80% capacity in 30 minutes or so, and electric car charging stations are slowly but surely popping up in the US as more consumers consider the technology as an alternative to high gas bills.
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Car companies aren’t the only ones looking at making the technology more accessible to consumers- Walgreens is adding 800 electric car charging stations nationwide for customers to utilize.
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Have you considered replacing your car with an electric vehicle?

This week, seven of the auto manufacturers with a vested interest in the electric vehicle market got together to say that they will standardize around a combined charging approach that will let their electric vehicles share the same fast-charging stations in Europe and the United States.
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In Japan, for example, 37 percent cited 30 minutes as the longest acceptable charge time. More than half of all survey respondents said that any kind of price premium for an electric vehicle was unacceptable. Indeed, the report indicates that 78 percent of respondents from Argentina and 74 percent of respondents from India expect electric vehicles to be the cheapest options on the market.
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The majority of respondents expect to pay no more than $30,000 for an electric vehicle, according to the report. Major improvements in fuel efficiency would kill interest in electric vehicles.
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As go gasoline prices, so goes the interest in electric vehicles. Right now, there is a big disconnect between electric vehicle consumer expectations and the realities of the technology.

Source :
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/electric-vehicles-still-stuck-in-neutral-with-consumers/19154
http://www.inquisitr.com/150872/electric-vehicles-getting-10-minute-chargers-but/