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Penske Truck Leasing joins CharIN to promote electric commercial vehicle charging standards

Green Car Congress

As a leading services provider to commercial fleets, we feel standardization around electric vehicle charging and charging stations will help accelerate the use of electric vehicles within the transportation industry. is a registered association founded by Audi, BMW, Daimler, Mennekes, Opel, Phoenix Contact, Porsche, TÜV SÜD and Volkswagen.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

There will be a necessity to move massive data sets (100TB and over) quickly via data shuttles and arrays , for example, from fleet vehicles to data centers." There are three main electric vehicle drivetrain designs that an EV manufacturer can choose to pursue: battery powered , hybrid , and or fuel cell.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD CEO Wang Chuan-Fu figured out how to make cheaper batteries than the Japanese by replacing machines with migrant workers. The first buyers will be fleet users, which will build central fast-charging facilities. More Andy Grove on battery power More Is it time to buy American Express? tons of carbon dioxide.

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