Electric Mini Cooper

I saw a bit on the Today Show about the new all electric Mini Cooper.  The car itself is cool but what got me was a short clip on the car in London.  They showed charging stations (called something like Juice Stations) on the side of the road where you park, so you can charge up your little electric car.  I thought that was an interesting idea for the future of the auto industry.  Instead of gas stations and metered parking, now we'd have charging stations...  It would take quite a while for the car to be functional in the US, because everyone would have to install them. But it is definitely an interesting solution...