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Today, the Chicago Tribune undauntedly asks, “Where would we plug in electric cars?” That’s a great question prompted by the Chevrolet Volt scheduled for release in 2010. Consumers are ready to move on from high gas prices and into an era of new-age transportation, but rarely do we think of how it would change the way we live and drive. Not every home has a garage with an outlet readily available. People living in apartments and condominiums would have an even greater challenge on their hands.

The article suggests parking spaces of the future will be outfitted with metered recharging stations and that businesses and offices may provide stations for their employees or visitors to charge their vehicles. General Motors seems to be going in the right direction by posing the same question to the Electric Power Research Institute to ensure that when their car drives off the lot, there’s an electrical backbone in place to support it.