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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. And EV owners would become entrepreneurs, selling electricity back to the grid. And indeed, that’s how promoters of vehicle-to-grid technology perceive the EV.

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How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last?

Blink Charging

Learn more about these batteries in this article, where we discuss the lifespan of different batteries and how to recycle them when the time comes. There were no recharging stations, so batteries needed to be replaced much more often. Now, Nissan and Tesla offer an eight-year and 100,000-mile warranty. Moving Forward.

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car By G. Chambers Williams III • THE TENNESSEAN• April 26, 2009 Print this page E-mail this article Share Del.icio.us Phil Bredesen spent part of Earth Day last week test-driving a Nissan prototype all-electric vehicle at the automakers U.S.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

This Christian Science Monitor article takes an in-depth look at an age. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Quote from the article: “Investors, too, are excited. incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric. percent of $1.9

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars. On the Grid.

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Can the UK lead the green car charge? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Last week, Nissan announced plans to make electric car batteries at its plant in Sunderland, creating 350 new jobs in the process (see ‘ Nissan to make electric car batteries at Sunderland plant ’). It has also outlined targets for the National Grid to increase the amount of electricity that comes from purely renewable sources.

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Going electric - a future to embrace or just hype? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

As the National Grid places more emphasis on renewable energy, the criticism about displacing greenhouse gas emissions begins to disappear. For one, they need to improve their energy capacity and recharge times which are, at the moment, “simply inappropriate”. Electric cars, he believes, still face a number of stiff challenges.

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