The terminal is little bigger than a video cassette but has to be plugged into an electric outlet.

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While the General Electric outlet is home to craven bombs like Knight Rider and American Gladiators, Turner-owned cable network TNT airs Saving Grace and The Closer.

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The fully electric car charges via a standard 100-volt AC outlet, and it's decked out with gull-wing doors and motion detection courtesy of Microsoft's Kinect.

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Even though it may be plugged into any common 110-volt electrical outlet for a slow charge, high-speed electric vehicle charging stations have only sprung up in major population centers or along busy highway corridors, meaning a lack of foresight before heading down a less-traveled road may initiate a tow truck encounter.

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