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Tesla Model S Road Trip Ends Without A Hitch In NYC

Green Car Reports

Tesla Model S-driving trio Peter Soukup, Tina Thomas and Luba Roytburd successfully arrived in New York City after almost five thousand miles of driving coast-to-coast. After starting in Portland, Oregon on December 26, the team drove down the West Coast, before cutting across Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama.

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Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest

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The world’s two existing compressed air energy storage plants—one in Alabama, the other in Germany—use man-made salt caverns to store excess electricity. The second, called the Yakima Minerals Site, is about 10 miles north of Selah, Wash., One location, dubbed the Columbia Hills Site, is just north of Boardman, Ore.,

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Portland General Electric. Southern Company: Alabama Power. A 350 kW charging system could charge a 200-mile range battery in less than 10 minutes. Southern Company: Alabama Power. National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO). National Grid. NextGen Climate America. New York State. Orange and Rockland.

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