A connected electric grid could also help run electric cars on a mass scale, which would decrease oil use in transportation where most oil is burned. Electric and hybrid cars can’t succeed on the notion of “build it and they will come” – which seems to be today’s nonstrategy. The US needs an updated “smart” grid and plug-in stations so people don’t get “range anxiety,” and America needs to make those cars cheaper, one way or the other, or they won’t be bought en masse.
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8 steps to US energy security
If Americans are serious about making energy security a moon shot for this generation, the president and Congress must create an integrated rather than piecemeal approach for meeting this goal.
Here's a plan to consider.
– Steve Yetiv, August 15, 2012
4. Make electric cars more convenient
