Plug in, recharge, drive off

September 08, 2008

Car maker Daimler and utility company RWE plan to open recharging stations for electric autos in Berlin from the end of 2009. Daimler's planning a limited production run of their Smart minicar, the Smart Electrodrive, which runs on lithium-ion batteries, which can be "refuelled" at around 500 recharging stations. But environmental group Greenpeace says electric autos still have a way to go before they become really environmentally-friendly. Joanna Partridge reports for Reuters