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Media Release: Plug’n Drive’s MEET Downsview brings electric vehicle education and test drives to North York, Toronto

Plug N Drive

Test drive bookings at MEET Downsview are free and are available Thursday to Sunday beginning on April 20 until May 19, 2024 in the parking area immediately adjacent to 123 Garratt Blvd., Preferred appointment times can be secured by using the MEET Downsview booking calendar. North York, Ontario. North York, Ontario.

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VinFast reveals Ford Ranger-sized VF Wild electric ute concept, Aussie DNA included

EV Central

VinFast created and then shut an engineering outpost in Port Melbourne between 2019 and 2021, but not before buying the former Holden Lang Lang proving ground in 2020. At CES 2024, VinFast announced its titchy 3175mm (shorter than a Mitsubishi i-MiEV) VF 3 electric SUV would go on sale in America. Heard of them before?

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Consumer Federation analysis of polling data and tech pricing finds consumer demands aligned with proposed MY 2017-2025 CAFE and GHG regulations for light-duty vehicles

Green Car Congress

Respondents reported that for their next car purchase, they intend to buy a vehicle that gets about seven miles-per-gallon more than their current vehicle. In every case, for a variety of models, the savings from spending less on gas far outweighed the additional cost of buying a more fuel-efficient vehicle. more miles per gallon.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

No, but I knew who they were and they wrote the books and they lived in L.A. Sharp and Mitsubishi has done a little. But when a customer calls me and says, “Do you install Mitsubishi panels?” Then I know Mitsubishi is doing its job. In 2000 there couldn’t have been too many old timers in the solar industry.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged EVs

I spent 25 years buying and selling commodities, primarily focusing on North American energy—natural gas, crude oil, and then some electricity. We’ve done third-party thermostat integration, so if you buy a Honeywell or an Emerson Sensi or Ecobee thermostat, you can adjust your HVAC. Shawn: Correct.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

With the cruise control on, managed to have a lovely conversation with Karthik on Jared Diamond’s excellent book Guns, Germs and Steel. (In Jayram was looking at buying a used E2O, but one of his friends who has one has had service issues. Our booking was mistakenly done for the same day checkout. It’s a Zen feeling.