For electricity you need at least 1, 300 amps over a 240-volt, three-phase line.

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In China it's putting up an 800, 000-volt line, the most powerful ever, to move 6.4 gigawatts 1, 300 miles from a station near the Three Gorges Dam to Shanghai.

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Drivers can also refresh the battery via any standard 120-volt outlet using the included charging cord, though this would take at least twice the time as with a 240-volt line.

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If you're launching a line of extended-range electric vehicles, ala the Chevy Volt, it's hard to imagine a better person to help you with the launch than Bob Lutz, the driving force behind that very car.

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Certainly, GM has expectations that the new Cruze diesel will prove an immediate sales and financial success rather than only vaguely help the company down the line, as Whitacre anticipates in regard to Volt and its plug-in-hybrid technology.

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No need to idle an entire production line as General Motors recently did when expected sales of its plug-in electric hybrid Chevrolet Volt failed to materialize.

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The V-TRUX line of big boy toys includes modified GMC trucks, SUVs and vans, customized to include a Volt-like powertrain that enables up to 40 miles of electricity-only driving before switching over to the onboard 4.8 liter V8.

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