• Mobile EV chargers to keep you electric cars going strong on charge

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    A common fear a potential electric car buyer has leaves him wondering what happens if the car runs out of charge and he’s left stranded. With a new development by Zafer Sahinoglu, at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this soon will be phenomena of the past. No longer will your electric car run out of juice and leave you stranded in the middle of a busy road or a deserted country lane. Thanks to mobile charging stations that can be moved just about anywhere demand for electricity for cars is more. A network consisting of portable chargers is currently being developed. The system is innovative and intelligent and with in-car sensors, keeps a tab on the battery charge and informs a central operations center about places where cars usually need refilling. Within a few minutes, the mobile charger reaches the spot, with just five needed to cover almost 100 electrics on a 100km highway.
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    With this, driving to far flung destinations in an electric car seems so much easier, provided mobile stations are at hand!
    [NewScientist]

    Posted in Topics:Transport, Tags: , on September 7, 2010