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Delta Will Provide Chargers For GM/Pilot/EVgo Deal

CleanTechnica EVs

Last month, we told readers about a deal between GM and Pilot/Flying J truck stops to install 2000 EVgo charging stations at 500 locations. Now, we’re learning a little more about the deal with news that Delta Electronics will be providing the charging equipment.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

A distance of 923 km using DC fast charging infrastructure. We then went on to do a slow charge upto 100%. Was 2000 hrs by then. We had to charge it to 100 percent - and decided that we will come down after an hour to switch off the connection. There was a power outage at 2145 hrs and the charging stopped.

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 N is here to challenge everything you once thought about electric cars. Only options are a Vision Roof (panoramic glass) costing $2000, and matte paint for $1000. This would be typical of most track sessions with a petrol performance car, really. Boring, silent, and soulless?

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

You’ve got to show you’re going to show that you’re going to build something that’s going to look good – not from the aesthetic point of view, from the building point of view. When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. Rancho Palos Verdes are the good guys. They’re my heroes.

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MINI E joins Government electric vehicle announcement

Green Cars News

Both ministers drove a MINI E electric car at the event as they announced plans to support motorists by providing help worth ÂŁ2000-ÂŁ5000 towards buying their first electric or plug-in hybrid car when they hit the showrooms. With 240V/32A, charging time for the car will be around four hours.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year.

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