These devices transform the direct current generated by a solar panel or electric car battery into the alternating current you expect from a wall socket.
Davis is willing, so as soon as the Cracker Barrel Electric Highway is in place (next summer sometime), we have a date to run the route in a Leaf (or other fine electric car that the manufacturer lets us borrow).
To have a useful range of 480km (300 miles) or so, an electric car using a fuel cell instead of a battery pack would require around 9kg (20 pounds) of hydrogen.
Now, if we want to have everybody getting maximum use out of an electric car or a hybrid car, part of what we have to do is to create a similar distribution mechanism for electricity.
Tesla announced that it will release a new, cheaper electric car in 2016 or 2017, and Renault teamed up with British designer Ross Lovegrove to design the flashy Twin'Z Electric concept car.
It can take 22 hours or more to charge an electric car using basic Chademo charging.
Rubin and a handful of other rich (or hopeful) entrepreneurs started electric car outfits after General Motors gave up on its electric car in 1999 to fall into the profitable embrace of gargantuan SUVs.
Rubin and a handful of other rich (or hopeful) entrepreneurs started electric car outfits after General Motors (nyse: GM - news - people ) gave up on its electric car in 1999 to fall into the profitable embrace of gargantuan SUVs.
Several electric car companies and battery companies that built their businesses serving the electric car business have gone bankrupt or disappeared all together.
And for folks who still want some independence around town, at train stations, visitors can rent bikes or electric cars via bike sharing and car sharing services.
And just think of the possibilities if you are trying to raise money for an unfinanceable solar cell, windmill, electric car, biofuel, or battery company!
Corneli, whose company is a major provider of electricity in New York City and other markets, said that consumers will be more likely to begin making the transition to electric cars if car companies and energy providers can make electric cars that can perform as well or better than traditional vehicles while also matching them in price.
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One is the electric car, the other is the fuel cell, or the hydrogen car.
Already, American car companies are producing electric vehicles that use little or no gas.
It will also have an electric mode that allows the car to drive 12 miles or less at speeds up to 30 miles per hour without using the gas engine.
Electric cars have historically suffered from extreme lameness, largely because most attempts at building electric cars were aimed at the mid-price or low-end car market.
Drivers will be paying top dollar, without any of the government subsidies that are offered to electric-car buyers in the U.S., Europe or China.
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