Monday, July 06, 2009

New McDonald has a farm. Electric battery farm that is.

What a smart move by McDonald's! They are going to build a network of Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations:

With 30,000 restaurants serving millions of customers around the world, McDonald’s claims its participation in the EV space could help make plug-in electric cars and their requisite infrastructure more commonplace — lowering the barrier to mainstream adoption.

With this move they can kill two birds with one stone: steal fast-food customers from gas stations and make money on electricity sales. And if they add a solar and/or wind generator with appropriate storage capacity to every restaurant, they get a low-cost solution to the EV charging problem. Brilliant.

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