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Fri 08 Aug 2010Electric dreams. After cars what next?
ELECTRIC CARS:Energy minister Eamon Ryan has aid there are exciting opportunities for new businesses with the arrival of electric vehicles. But what are they, asks PADDY COMYN
YOU PULL up and plug-in. It takes 25 minutes to recharge your car at a quick-charge point: what to do? Eat, read, rest, shop? And what about tapping that unused power when your car is parked at night? How about selling it back to the ESB? Aside from revolutionising the motoring world, the advent of electric cars is likely to have major implications in a multitude of areas, from retail and the restaurant trade to power storage.
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