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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Carbon trading vs t.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year. But a large-scale system of electric cars and smart grids is unlikely to be ready soon. “Electric vehicles could be connected to the grid and could store energy at times when too much is produced ?

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O., — jerryd 7. Next: a carbon tax.

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Ford and Edison

Plug In Partners

It is a good example of how electric utilities and car makers can begin to work together. I think they're all realizing that the handwriting is on the wall," said Sherry Boschert , a plug-in vehicle advocate and author. Barack Obama is one of the sponsors of that legislation. Democratic presidential candidate Sen.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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Battery advances will strengthen Biden’s EPA           

Electric Auto Association

Environmental safeguards become easier to enforce as battery technology improves By Peter DouglaS: Member, Electric Auto Association. The lithium ion batteries that are used to power electric vehicles (EVs) have improved steadily over the years, and they are now poised to take a great leap forward. In 2007, the U.S.

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