[ichabod1]

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

[SuziQ]

Oh, I'm sure they'll charge folks; they're getting energy for their cars, after all, just as those who are filling up their cars with gasoline or diesel.

I'd love to have an electric car! I like the idea of it being more quiet, and less polluting of the local air. I have no illusions my actions would be 'saving the planet', since nothing humans do can help or hurt the overall climate. My hubby, and our youngest son are thinking of building one for me, from the body of a small SUV, and we'll power it with a solar array, using it, in effect, to store the electricity the house isn't using, at any point in time. It would be nice to know that I could plug the car in somewhere, so I could make longer trips in it, than just around town jaunts.

I suspect it wouldn't take that much time to 'juice up' the car in one of these stations, because both the car and station would be built for that need.

[Ole Okie]

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

Yeah, and the electric car types are going to find gasoline equivalent federal and state taxes (or greater) on the electricity they use to charge their little green monsters.