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Impending ? My local ASDA (Wal-Mart) has had electric car charging points for a year now. There are about 50 such equipped ASDA stores throughout the UK. Lookin

Impending ? My local ASDA (Wal-Mart) has had electric car charging points for a year now. There are about 50 such equipped ASDA stores throughout the UK. Looking at the map, they are less than 50 miles apart and many of them open 24hrs. http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/electric-car-drivers-can-now-charge-up-at-asda http://your.asda.com/news-and-blogs/electric-car-drivers-can... Formula 1 is quite popular in the UK and that sport now has hybrid engine technology with 160 horse power of electric motor waiting at the press of a button, charged by the kinetic harvesting of the vehicle and the turbo powered 1.6 litre petrol engine. They complete the 200 mile race with only 130 litres of fuel. Electric cars are here and in the public eye. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25158104 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25158104

ams6110 13y ago
The public charging stations I've seen in the USA are standard mains, 240V tops. They are not superchargers. They will give you a little top-up but won't recharge your car while you're shopping. The amount of energy stored, transported, and sold as liquid automobile fuel is amazing. Current electrical infrastructure is not even close to being prepared to replace it on a "disruptive" scale.