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Imagine a kind of system where you have lightweight electric vehicles relatively small battery capacity, and then picking up charge wherever they park. You never have to worry about filling up your car, never go to the gas station, never plug it in, never do any of these things.

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William J. Mitchell
Age: 65 †
Born: 1944
Born: December 15
Died: 2010
Died: June 11
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