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Who Will Benefit From This Electrical Vehicle Trend?

By Austin Smith | More Articles
December 23, 2011 | Comments (1)

The following video is part of our "Motley Fool Conversations" series, in which Brendan Byrnes, industrials editor and analyst, and Austin Smith, consumer goods editor and analyst discuss topics across the investing world.

In today's edition, they talk about how Amazon.com and other retailers are hopping on the electric vehicle bandwagon. Walgreen will install stations at many locations, and Amazon is starting to sell GE's WattStation (an electric vehicle in-home charging station) through its website just like any other item. This could address the biggest complaint about electric vehicles to date, which has been their slow charging time and limited availability of stations.

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  • Report this Comment On December 25, 2011, at 12:53 PM, RoyMeline wrote:

    Good article but you seem to suggest that other than plug ins at stores, only Amazon is selling these stations. Best Buy is actually way ahead of them, selling and financing Bramo electric motorcycles and having an exclusive contract to sell and install charging stations in homes for Ford, which is much farther ahead than GM on this technology- if you google search Ford charging stations Best Buy will see plenty of stories to cite.

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