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July 27, 2010

Which comes first: The e-car or roadside charging stations?

  • Drivers want electric cars but worry they won't have enough juice to make long trips.
    • By JOEL SCHECTMAN
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — The auto industry calls it range anxiety: Drivers want electric cars but worry they won't have enough juice to make long trips. After all, what good is going green if you get stranded with a dead battery?

    It's a fear that automakers must overcome as they push to sell more battery-powered cars. So government and business are taking steps to reassure drivers by building up the nation's network of electric charging stations.


     
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