No one has thought about the consequences yet of what CJ THUNDER just said....
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I drive 25 miles to work, can charge up there and never use any gas.
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If people think that they are going to be able to go somewhere and just plug in without paying anything for it, they are going to be sorely mistaken.
You really think your employer is going to soak up the cost of recharging your car for you to come to work and go home??? You really think malls and stores are going to make outlets available for people to recharge their cars on the mall's dime?
Some places do already offer outlets but only for engine block heaters which don't take as much juice as these cars will need.
Don't be surprised if they make a toll based parking area that you have to pay a pretty penny to recharge a battery at the simplest of places.
People seem to forget that they have to pay for electricity sometimes when they make purchases. All these people also went out and bought widescreen HDTVs that actually use more juice than their old tube-styled TV's and now wonder why their bill each month went up by $10-$30 in some cases.
Just wait for the backlash when people's monthly bills go up over $200/month more because they now plug in their cars at night or their raises at their jobs are smaller than previous years because of added cost from outlets out in the parking lot.