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Nissan and Enel to launch major V2G trial in the UK; LEAF and e-NV200

Green Car Congress

A trial comprising 40 V2G units began in Denmark in January 2016. The announcement follows the signing of a partnership agreement between Nissan and Enel in Paris in December 2015 during the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) to trial V2G technology in Europe. Earlier post.)

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

Cars That Think

The group took as its founding principle that the challenges involved in building a crewed spacecraft on the cheap are all engineering problems that can be solved, one at a time, by a diligent team of smart and dedicated people. We test our components extensively; for example, we tested the engine that powered the 2016.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. Domestic EV sales increased “only” from 13% to 22% and almost touched 100k, so pretty darn good in absolute terms.

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