[Willie Green]

The stations - expected in parking decks and shopping centers and at curbsides - are the first of about 350 planned throughout the state, financed largely by the federal stimulus.

Only 350 for the entire state???

And it takes what... 6 hrs to fully recharge a Chevy Volt?? (3 hrs @ 220v??)

I don't think this is gonna work out so well....

[WHBates]

"The first recharging stations will be activated toward the end of this year, coinciding with the planned commercial release of the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid electric car and the Nissan Leaf all-electric auto. Expected price estimates on the vehicles range from $32,000 to $40,000, and buyers would get a $7,500 federal tax credit.

What a waste of money, you gotta love it.

[AU72]

Where is the coal going to come from to satisfy the extra electric demand?

[Fresh Wind]

A Prius (spit) is a better deal for the money.

[ichabod1]

Are they going to charge people to charge or are they continuing the fiction that electricity is free when it comes to cars?

[The Comedian]

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[MNJohnnie]

financed largely by the federal stimulus

And what happens when the "Stimulus" funds dry up?

[Malone LaVeigh]

I guess that if the grid ever goes out, nobody ain’t going nowhere.

[reg45]

When they can get the range up to over two hundred miles and the recharge time down to under fifteen minutes, then electric cars may become viable.

[Deaf Smith]

How much will they charge the customer for the service? Credit/Debit cards only? Do they need to be attended to decrease liability?

[hinckley buzzard]

And it takes what... 6 hrs to fully recharge a Chevy Volt?? (3 hrs @ 220v??)

I wonder about that too. Not exactly like pulling up to the pump and filling up and going five minutes later.

[Gaffer]

With the experience I've had with rechargeable batteries, they'd really play hell getting me to buy an 'electric' car that was really just a hightech slot car with exotic batteries.

I finally figured out that if I wanted to keep any of my rechargeable tool batteries long-lived, I had to unplug them from the tools. I've had an improvement in life and charge hold time doing that.....wonder how you'd do this in an electric car...

[Moonmad27]

Even the ones I have seen in southern California go unused. If they are not used here, they will definitely sit idle there!

[LiberConservative]

"And it takes what... 6 hrs to fully recharge a Chevy Volt??"

Indeed. Any child with an electric car would ask the same thing. Electric cars that need to be recharged is a moronic idea. Might as well put all of the recharge stations in hotel parking lots.

[Lorianne]

Intersting experiment.
Glad someone is trying it because there will be a lot of bugs to work out.

What generates the electricity in Charlotte?

[FrankR]

Good. Next time I’m through there, I’ll stop and recharge my cell phone.

[pnh102]

Huge waste of energy and money.

[dforest]

Its unsustainable.

More waste on a foolish product that very few can afford.

[layman]

I once in an emergency had to unplug an outdoor Pepsi machine to charge my cell phone. I wonder if this will work on an electric car?

[Flavius]

Hopefully the powerlines they are hooking up these toys to have all been upgraded

Not to mention you don’t need to go anywhere during a power outage

[DaxtonBrown]

“Dozens of electric-vehicle charging stations will spring up around Charlotte “

Dozens, I tell you, dozens! And with multi hour recharge times, that will require dozens of parking lots and/or looooong lines.