Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

While a wireless charger saves you from having to connect and disconnect cables repeatedly, the distance over which energy can be delivered this way is quite short. This wouldn’t be such a silly connection to make. At the grid level, Emrod and others are attempting to scale power beaming to new heights. also for vehicles.

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Power Powered BBC Solar 141

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. — Larry 4.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58