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Electric vehicles - the future of urban personal mobility

January 12 - 18, 2011
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A GENERAL Motors Electric Networked Vehicle (EN-V) concept is pictured, right, being driven around a course setup outside the Las Vegas Convention Centre, in conjunction with this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The EN-V concept represents a vision of the future of urban personal mobility, including a feature that would allow the vehicle to park itself and automatically return to the user when summoned from a smartphone application.

A new 'Residential Watt-Station' from GE was also put on display and plugged into a Chevrolet Volt electric car at the event.

The 240 volt appliance is intended to be installed at home and can charge a car in only four to eight hours.

The Residential Watt-Station will be available in the autumn and is expected to retail for between $1,000 (BD367) to $1,500 (BD564).







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