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Tesla Roadster 3.0 Update: San Jose To LA Without Recharging

Green Car Reports

from 2008 through 2011. Back in December, we first received confirmation of the "3.0" update for the Tesla Roadster, the electric-car maker''s very first product, sold in the U.S. Tesla claimed the update would boost the Roadster''s range 40 to 50 percent, and said a real-world demonstration was forthcoming. MORE: Tesla Roadster 3.0:

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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. I n another announcement at the convention, Google announced two more recipients of their " Recharge It " largesse. Here's part of the story from CNET : Google.org is investing $2.75 Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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IBM Almaden Lab Exploring Lithium-Air Batteries for Next-Generation Energy Storage

Green Car Congress

Leveraging expertise in materials science, nanotechnology, green chemistry and supercomputing, scientists at IBM Research’s Almaden lab in San Jose, California, are undertaking a multi-year research initiative around a grid-scale, efficient, affordable electrical energy storage network. not rechargeable. Takeshi Ogasawara et al.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Recharge a Car, Recharge the Grid, Recharge the Planet Google.org supports PHEV & V2G with [link] project. edit ] EAA The Electric Auto Association ( EAA ) was formed in 1967 in San Jose, California. charger is also required, though ideally the existing motor controllers might be used as grid chargers.

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Coulomb Gets Charged Up

Revenge of the Electric Car

In downtown San Jose, Coulomb Technologies CEO Richard Lowenthal demonstrated how the… (Coulomb). In 2008, Coulomb installed its first ChargePoint Networked Charging Station in a downtown San Jose parking garage; its Web site now shows ChargePoints in at least 24 states. By Scott Duke Harris. Green Energy.

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Yeah, I Got Your Chevy Volt, Right Here. Day 2 @ Plug-In 2009

Creative Greenius

At least GM sent this nifty printed banner explaining all about the new J1772 industry standard recharging plug. At the 2008 Plug-In Conference in San Jose, Coulomb had the charging game all to themselves, but they were one of half a dozen charging players at this year’s show.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

The software upgrade also will allow Prius drivers with PICC conversion kits to boost highway fuel efficiency to 170 miles per gallon (until the rechargeable battery is depleted), as recently measured by Argonne National Laboratory. Felix Kramer, CalCars.org, at Plug In 2008 in San Jose / photo by Creative Greenius (c) 2008.

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