"There's going to be one type of socket and one type of plug, " McQuary said.

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Yucaipa's two other nominees include StephenBollenbachStephen Bollenbach, chairman of KB Home, and Michael McQuary, chief executive of Wheego Electric Cars.

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Mike McQuary, chief executive of Wheego electric vehicles in Atlanta, Georgia, said those charge points were built to varying standards and that one of the huge "breakthroughs" recently was an agreement reached between car companies and makers of recharging stations over international equipment standards.

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