From NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/business/automakers-join-to-expand-network-of-high-speed-charging-stations.html?ref=business&_r=0
On Thursday, BMW and Volkswagen announced a plan to install 100
high-speed charging stations on busy corridors this year on the East and
West Coasts, like Interstate 95 between here and Boston.
...
Still, automakers, facing strict federal mandates to increase fuel
efficiency and reduce carbon emissions, have little choice but to press
ahead. By 2025, their corporate average fuel economy must be at least
54.5 miles a gallon, well above the current average of 25 miles a
gallon.
...
Analysts, and automakers themselves, say the push to install high-speed
charging stations is an acknowledgment of a miscalculation made when
mass-market electric-powered vehicles were introduced five years ago.
Consumers, carmakers figured, would be content with charging their cars
at home, at the office and perhaps the local movie theater and would
embrace a new class of electrified vehicles. After all, that would be
enough for most Americans’ commute, they assumed.
But they soon discovered that consumers did not want their cars limited
to commuting or short trips — a dynamic known as range anxiety.
...
BMW and Volkswagen are paying to build the stations and will decide on
pricing for the electricity. ChargePoint’s business is based on a
subscription model; it provides a payment system and customer network
for stations that are operated by others. (The company also sells
charging equipment.)
...
Peri
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