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• Begun, Daniel A. "Hawaii Says Aloha to an Electric Charging Network." Hot Hardware. Dec. 3, 2008. (Feb. 25, 2010) http://hothardware.com/News/Hawaii-Says-Aloha-to-an-Electric-Car-Network/
• Better Place. (Feb. 25, 2010) http://www.betterplace.com/
• Coulomb Technologies. "Electric Vehicle Charging Station Infrastructure." (Feb. 25, 2010) http://www.coulombtech.com/
• ECOtality. (Feb. 25, 2010) http://www.ecotality.com/index.php
• Garthwaite, Josie. "Think Plug-in Cars Will Charge Up at Home? Think Again." Earth2Tech. May 28, 2009. (Feb. 25, 2010) http://earth2tech.com/2009/05/28/think-plug-in-cars-will-charge-up-at-home-think-again/
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