Electric car fill-up stations will make charging available for free to owners of Tesla Motors' vehicles traveling on Highway 101 between San Francisco and Los Angeles, according to a report.
SolarCity, a California-based solar firm, in a partnership with Rabobank, has set up a fast-charging device at four of the bank's branches near the freeway.
The four charging stations are part of a larger project by Tesla Motors to develop and deploy car-charging technology.
Tesla has developed a device that makes it possible to fully charge a Tesla Roadster after 3.5 hours, the report said.
The stations are located in or near shopping centers, so motorists have something to do while waiting for their cars to juice up.
The charging is free for now, but that is likely to change after major carmakers begin to launch plug-in hybrid or all-electric cars starting in 2010, the report said.
In a separate report, the state of Delaware now allows owners of electric cars with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology to sell excess electricity back to the grid.
V2G-enabled cars work like an electrical sponge, capable of absorbing excess energy when demand for power is low, and returning some back to the electric grid when the demand for power is high.
The new law lets people take advantage of this unique ability by requiring that electric car owners only pay for the net amount of electricity they draw. Owners will now be compensated for electricity sent back to the grid at the same rate they pay for electricity used to charge the battery.
SolarCity, a California-based solar firm, in a partnership with Rabobank, has set up a fast-charging device at four of the bank's branches near the freeway.
The four charging stations are part of a larger project by Tesla Motors to develop and deploy car-charging technology.
Tesla has developed a device that makes it possible to fully charge a Tesla Roadster after 3.5 hours, the report said.
The stations are located in or near shopping centers, so motorists have something to do while waiting for their cars to juice up.
The charging is free for now, but that is likely to change after major carmakers begin to launch plug-in hybrid or all-electric cars starting in 2010, the report said.
In a separate report, the state of Delaware now allows owners of electric cars with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology to sell excess electricity back to the grid.
V2G-enabled cars work like an electrical sponge, capable of absorbing excess energy when demand for power is low, and returning some back to the electric grid when the demand for power is high.
The new law lets people take advantage of this unique ability by requiring that electric car owners only pay for the net amount of electricity they draw. Owners will now be compensated for electricity sent back to the grid at the same rate they pay for electricity used to charge the battery.
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