I'm always tickled pink to see the predicted future from the near past coming to reality. One of my favourite movies 2010 based on Arthur C. Clarkes novel had a scene in it when the main character Heywood Floyd is jogging along when what looks like an electric car goes whirring by him. That image always stuck with me for some reason. With the introduction of EV's (Electric Vehicle's) coming along nicely it seems like in relation to land based transport 2010 was actually fairly accurate, (The whole Spaceship-Saturn-Europa thing less so). So what got me excited a few weeks ago was my first look at an ESB charging point for EV's up close. I was getting my usual chicken sandwich and cappacino at a local Topaz service station and there it was in all its glory, a very slick hi-tech looking charging point around the back of the station. It looked a little neglected at this stage but i'm hoping we'll all be plugging-in in the near future. Pumping in expensive dirty liquid is soooo 20th century anyway. We all know EV's are a little slow to charge, range anxiety ensues, blah blah and I'm sure it'll be seen as very quaint in the future but for now its all very exciting (for the science fiction geek in me).
http://www.esb.ie/electric-cars/electric-car-charging/electric-car-charge-point-types.jsp
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