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

Cars That Think

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Email ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed Jonathan Read discusses why electric vehicles and fast-charging systems, not battery-replacement systems such as the one touted by Project Better Place, are the future. Battery technologies are advancing rapidly.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

BMW iX – ground-up battery electric vehicle promises to take the luxury fight to Tesla. BMW M cars – they’re coming with hybrid drivetrains. Estrema Fulminea – solid state batteries are the point of difference for supercar newcomer Estrema, which promises to hit 320km/h in less than 10 seconds.