How many people do you know who have electric cars?  And of those people, where in the world do they plug their cars in? How much is their electric bill each month for charging a little more than their cell phones in the outlets?

Besides the growing concern over a downed economy, many people are still extremely concerned over what they are going to do about their vehicles.  Gas prices aren’t nearly as ridiculous as they were a couple of summers ago, but that hasn’t stopped people from taking precautions, and one of those precautions against the rise in gas prices is to start looking at fuel alternatives: electric alternatives specifically.

But is there genuine cause for concern over electric cars? As a recent article published in Time states:

There are probably fewer than 1,500 plug-in electric vehicles on the road today, most in carefully controlled experimental fleets. But over the next 18 months, the number will grow exponentially as automakers like General Motors, Nissan, Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota roll out models that use electricity for all or part of the car’s energy. President Obama has suggested that the U.S. could have as many as 1 million plug-in vehicles on the road by 2015. [source]

But the bigger question on people’s minds is “Where will I plug in?” Apparently, there is nothing to worry about as carmakers have agreed to use the same basic design of a common five-prong plug for all electric cars across the nation.  The plug will fit into a special socket located on a given vehicle and the other end of the plug will fit into a standard 110-volt or 220-volt outlet.  I guess the question after that would then be, “How much is it going to cost me on my electric bill?” Who knows, maybe you’ll be better off with gasoline…

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