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MAEAA Web Links

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Ford Ranger EV Drivers Page :great info on a great EV Megawatt Motorworks : An electric vehicle information center with links to hundreds of electricvehicle websites, an online store for educational material, and more. So You want To Build an ElectricCar: Where to begin. Discover the potential!

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

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Environmental Effects and Benefits to top Wont all these cars require us to build even more power plants? A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Several early models of passenger vehicles have enough energy stored in advanced batteries to power several homes for hours. Agassi’s Davos Insights Success with V2G would be a double win for electric utilities. Utilities could avoid building more dirty peaking power plants. 2:54 PM Anonymous said. 5:53 PM Anonymous said.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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Virtually all the world’s bigmotor manufacturers are building prototypes using lithium-ion batteries butso far they have reached production only in a few low-volume models. So the car uses an electrical store to power the drive motor. How far hybrids will be encouraged in the new government initiative remains tobe seen.