A US company is planning to build a huge electric car charging network across Australia. A combination of technology, power and finance companies propose to create over 200,000 charging stations by 2012. The system will include drive in stations where batteries can be automatically replaced.

Drivers will pay for charging via various payment plans similar to mobile phone top up schemes. Different plans will be available to suit different vehicle uses. 

Unfortunately Australia is very dependent on Coal to produce electricity, lets hope that this will change.

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