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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020. February 17, 2009 12:04 pm Link I cant wait to charge my car from my own solar panel. the biggest cuts anywhere in the world.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ). Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, Product Development, and Chairman, GM North America in GMs Fastlane Blog ) 7/26/06 But Micky Bly, engineering director of GMs hybrid programs, says the lithium-ion batteries required by the plug-ins drive up costs, making them difficult to market. ( Red Herring ).

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The electric car and grid parity - OregonLive.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But with Japan mandating that 70 percent of the countrys new houses will be powered by photovoltaic solar energy by 2020, "that creates a market," McCabe notes. (It Google Facebook COMMENTS (1) Post a comment Posted by tombdragon on 04/21/09 at 12:05AM The Government needs to intervene for our benefit??? by goodpen 04/20/2009 2:44 p.m.

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