Revenge of the Electric Car

MARCH 20, 2009

It’s all part of the Obama administration’s plan get to 1 million plug in hybrids on the road by 2015. Here’s a quote from the LA Times article By Maeve Reston: Obama unveils $2.4-billion Read the full LA Times article and the complete Town Hall Transcript. Photos: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times. The new $2.4-billion

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. Credit: ACS, Wallington et al. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In India

MARCH 9, 2023

Team PluginIndia Even in 2023, we keep getting comments like these - ' ‘Electric cars use electricity which is generated by burning coal. In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this statement with facts and sources. They are worse than petrol cars." A power plant is tuned for efficiency.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

Which are the alternative fuels for cars that could replace gasoline in vehicle? Are you aware of the most commonly used fuel in automobiles? You can guess it easily. The answer is petroleum fuels. The fossil fuels are highly significant in the global economy. The worlds’ energy requirements are mostly meet by these petroleum fuels.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. The sources for numbers and facts are at the end of the article. The sources for numbers and facts are at the end of the article.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the past two years, the U.S. Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C C in this century. How did REPEAT come together?

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Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

Normally, we deep dive into exploring one topic, but that does mean that some really interesting things get left out for the podcast simply because they wouldn’t take up a whole episode. So here today to talk about some of those interesting things, I have Spectrum ‘s Editor in Chief Harry Goldstein. Welcome to the show. Happy to be here.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018. Given this new investment, plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) sales are expected to experience 62% year-over-year growth in 2016 , 60% in 2017, and likely 100% in 2018.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. as stated.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Consumers here and elsewhere soon will be able to choose between two types of electric vehicles: the plug-in hybrid and the all-electric car. Plug-in hybrids run on an electrical charge for about 40 miles before switching to gas power. This Tesla is one of a number of electric cars coming on the market. by Lars Vercelli.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The Green Piece Article, Tuesday 24 2009. So perhaps a partnership between the two countries, as was announced last week (see article ), is only natural and promises to be mutually beneficial. Writing in The Energy Collective , Simon Donner highlighted that the clean energy initiative also puts a clear emphasis on coal.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. “ Idiots ! &# is what Bartz calls them and he’s doing more than name calling. Its wholly interpretive guidelines can be used to approve or disapprove a building, addition or remodel completely on subjective principles.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy , in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe. percent, the share of energy met by renewables.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The Green Piece Article: Tuesday 22, 2009. Since the Obama administration took office, the US has gradually been pouring more and more cash into advanced vehicle technologies including the development of plug-in hybrid and full battery electric vehicles. Why is so much money dedicated to fossil fuels? Our verdict.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In this article we’ll be taking a closer look at ways to minimize charging losses that are under the control of either the manufacturer or the owner of the EV (in other words, excluding things like changing the electrical generation source from coal to nuclear or solar, as helpful as that would be).

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Green Cars News

JULY 7, 2009

He questions whether it ever makes sense for a car to operate with energy from a coal-fired plant. Plugging in to the future. The scheme has committed to installing more than 500 roadside, car park, business and home charging stations by June 2010 as outlined in our article ‘ Electric car trial to boost electric infrastructure ’.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 13, 2023

” – George Clooney “Electric cars are coal powered cars. What do people say about electric cars ? We have collected a few best quotes about electric vehicles. A collection of electric car quotes is presented here in this post. Those quotes are nice to read even though a few of them don’t go along with your views!

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

Who, after all, hasn’t tired of having to plug in and unplug their phone and other rechargeable gizmos? This is, after all, how all the energy stored in wood, coal, oil, and natural gas originally got here: It was transmitted 150 million kilometers through space as electromagnetic waves—sunlight—most of it millions of years ago.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Chambers Williams III • THE TENNESSEAN• April 26, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share Del.icio.us Other carmakers plug in Other automakers are working on electric vehicles as well, including Chrysler LLC, which plans to provide the U.S. See instructions for fixing the problem.

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Plug In India

APRIL 14, 2021

Many of you write to us about the long tailpipe of electric vehicles and coal is major source of electricity generated in India. Studies from independent scientists tell us that even if 100% of Electricity is generated from coal, EV’s emit 50% lesser carbon gases due to the efficiency of the electric motor.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2010

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) modeled the emissions impact had plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) replaced light duty gasoline vehicles in the Denver, Colorado area in summer 2006. million vehicles and would have increased by 3 tpd from power plants.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

Second, conventional coal and nuclear plants are being retired for economic and policy reasons, removing stable sources from the grid. Clearly, balancing the supply and demand of goods is critical for a stable, normal, functional society. That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. unprecedented and deadly winter freeze.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Solar charging stations and Conventional charging stations (electricity from coal) comparison. We have published a video “ Top 75 electric vehicle related project ideas ” on our YouTube channel “ Get Electric Vehicle ” Now, here is a collection of the comments and responses to those comments in that video.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. What Are Plug-In Hybrids (PHEVs)? Please see our Plug-In Hybrids page Wheres the payback? But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. For more see our All About Plug-In Hybrids page.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. In effect, cars would be acting like tiny power stations.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. During his campaign, President Obama said he would work to put one million plug-in hybrids on American roads by 2015. rolls toward bankruptcy. and Chrysler.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

As announced by most of the major automotive manufactures, most recently Daimler, the next step is the plug-in hybrid, which will run a vehicle solely on electricity with backup combustion-engine capability for those who are still “range afraid.” New investments in battery technology and production are announced daily.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. 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. Here we go again.or

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 30, 2011

[The following is an article I wrote in Earth Island Journal last year to answer the question "Public Transit or Electric Car? " ] Greater support for mass transit and appropriate land use policies that make mass transit accessible are essential. China has opened up high-speed rail lines while the United States fiddles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) 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.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. "The Volt is a case study.

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