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SDG&E to Test Mobile Smart Charging Device for Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA.

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The Grand Tour's "Sand Job," Nothing to See Here, I'm Afraid

The Truth About Cars

In reality the race ran its initial course until 2007, then was canceled in 2008 due to intense security concerns in Mauritania. & The real race requires meticulous off-road driving preparation and heavily modified vehicles of 4x4 persuasion. This special is now half over, but already long out of juice.

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Biofuels- paving the way for low carbon future in mobility – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Biofuels can emerge as viable solutions for targeting the existing parc as well as the new ICE vehicle sales. Electric vehicles in particular have been gaining increasing attention with the penetration in new sales expected to be ~18% for 2023. This has brought into focus technologies such as electric, hybrid and hydrogen.

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GM taps LG for Volt Battery

Revenge of the Electric Car

Electric vehicle batteries will be subject to far more heat, cold, moisture, vibration and rough treatment than are the batteries in consumer electronics. The Volt, which GM prefers to call an extended-range electric vehicle, doesn’t use its internal combustion engine for propulsion, relying entirely on an electric drive system.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

We chatted up with Jayasuriya, the state head of TML for Electric Vehicle sales. The good news that Jayasuriya shared was that production is being ramped up - and can touch more than 2,000 vehicles a month soon. There is a backlog of more than 800 Tata E vehicle customers, waiting for delivery, in Karnataka alone.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Email ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed Jonathan Read discusses why electric vehicles and fast-charging systems, not battery-replacement systems such as the one touted by Project Better Place, are the future. by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read.