What’s the greatest fear of the owner of a purely electric car? Running out of juice, of course! Not even a tiny gasoline engine to chug on home or to the nearest gas station. This not only eliminates long trips but can induce a nervousness even around town dubbed “range anxiety.” But fear not; there’s an answer! Installing recharging facilities - and lots of ‘em because juicing up a car battery is a sloooooooow process. (Car owners, bring a book.…

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I have an expansion of my original “deregulatory bailout” plan for Detroit in The Detroit News today. I’m also quoted in their editorial on how energy policy needs to catch up with the auto industry’s - and, it seems, consumers’ (if polls are to be believed) - enthusiasm for electric cars. The Detroit News, by the way, remains the best place to get news on the industry’s design plans - see the box to the right of the editorial, for instance.

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