At iTNews, James Hutchinson reports that NBN executives have started up preliminary talks with NSW electricity suppliers on the rollout of smart electricity meters, which would then hook up to the NBN for real-time monitoring purposes.
The dozens of you who own electric vehicles have another tool at your eco-friendly disposal: Google Maps now knows the nearest electric vehicle charging station. Perfectly handy, since it’s not like you can juice up at any local service station. [UberGizmo]
Charging stations, night stands, and lamps are all useful things, but combining them into one handy, multipurpose item saves you space and is just pretty cool. Here’s a neat DIY creation that does just that.
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The fantastic folks of ECOtality and Frog Design have partnered to show us how we’ll charge our sleek electric vehicles in the future. Their design is called Blink and it looks almost as good as the cars it’ll power.
The Chevy Volt is coming soon, but for the electric car to be a success its owners its owners will need convenient power access. Which is why 4400 lucky Volt owners will get free charging stations, installation (sometimes) included.
