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GM hires EV superstar Kurt Kelty as Vice President of Batteries – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

It’s plain to anyone who follows the auto industry that there are pro-EV and anti-EV factions at every legacy automaker. For the last three decades, the OEMs’ interest in EVs has flapped this way and that in the winds of quarterly earnings and political shifts. Kelty could be just the man to turn things around.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

No less an auto industry titan as Ford has also made bidirectional charging a selling point of their F-150 Lightning electric truck, reportedly slated to roll off the lines this year. Just as there is an Apple ecosystem, so with home and EV battery systems you could wind up with a Ford setup, a Tesla setup, or a VW setup.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

Green Car Congress

Key applications for long-duration energy storage include counterbalancing the intermittency of renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power; leveling the loads and time-shifting periods of peak demand on the grid; and avoiding or delaying the construction of costly transmission and distribution (T&D) assets, among others.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

By reducing wind resistance and weight, the company’s engineers effectively are reducing the amount of work an electric engine will have to perform to get the car up to driving speeds, which in turn conserves battery power.&#. Many of the other executives have years of experience in the auto business.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

How about a car-mounted wind-generator? Lithium-Ion batteries share many characteristics with NiMH. Ive heard lithium-ion batteries can be dangerous if they overheat. ") The performance, longevity and safety of lithium-ion batteries are improving rapidly. What about battery safety?

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

40% of our energy comes from renewable sources, such as hydro, geothermal and wind. Ecotricity, which supplies electricity to the two main charging infrastructures in New Zealand, provide 100% renewable and carbon zero certified electricity – generated solely from wind, hydro and solar sources. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

40% of our energy comes from renewable sources, such as hydro, geothermal and wind. Ecotricity, which supplies electricity to the two main charging infrastructures in New Zealand, provide 100% renewable and carbon zero certified electricity – generated solely from wind, hydro and solar sources. THE BOTTOM LINE.