THE CITY OF ADELAIDE is proposing to install recharge stations at council-owned U-Parks in an effort to make electric cars a more appealing prospect for motorists.

Adelaide Lord Mayor Michael Harbison said that the main obstacle for people interested in electric vehicles is the lack of charging points outside the home.

Mayor Harbison said that the [...]

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NOT TOO LONG AGO hydrogen was the flavour du jour of the alternative energy movement, with most of the world’s major carmakers scrambling to establish their own experimental hydrogen car programs.

Now the tables have turned, and the humble electric motor - which ironically was more popular than the internal combustion engine before the widespread discovery [...]

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Since the invention of the ‘drivethru’, fast food and cars have been inextricably linked. However, it appears that Sweden’s numerous McDonald’s fast food outlets are about to deepen that relationship.  The McCompany has announced that charging stations for electric cars will be set up in several of its restaurant car parks across the country.

That’s right, [...]

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