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California Energy Commission awards more than $15M to advance biofuels, plug-in and V2G research

Green Car Congress

The trucks will be tested in various locations, including Google in the Bay Area, the City of Santa Monica and the Port of Los Angeles. million project to demonstrate vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology for an all-electric heavy duty non-tactical vehicle fleet at Los Angeles Air Force Base. Villa Ford Inc. Electricore Inc.,

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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

These homeowners generate their electricity and many of them put energy back into the grid, and they’ve still had to pay these ridiculous charges,” said MAEAA President Al Pugsley. You buy your own solar panels, you power your house and your car, and the utility wants to get paid for your doing that.”

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The backroad jaunt is where I recently took the all-new Ford Mustang Mach-E—a competitor—and the Polestar 2 showed its sharp reflexes and balanced handling around the bends. I also tested Google for navigation and asking for my home address produced a large map on the center screen and turn-by-turn voice directions. Google in the car.

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The Cash Back Hybrid

Plug In Partners

Here's an example from Spectrum Online : Can plug-in hybrid electric vehicles keep the electric grid stable? By John Voelcker First Published October 2007 Google , a former CIA director , the Natural Resources Defense Council , a U.S. Today the VtoG concept is a respectable topic in respectable circles.

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Biggest points of EV skepticism have widely been met, study shows

Teslarati

A recent study on what would motivate EV skeptics to buy electric vehicles shows that most of their concerns have been met. A survey by Parks Associates asked those who neither own an electric vehicle nor plan to purchase one in the future what would motivate them to consider buying an electric one. Widespread EV charging.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

If you don't include bathrooms and buying salty snack foods and sugary sodas and lottery tickets, your desktop can be as little as eight or ten minutes, whereas you may spend 30 or 40 minutes every 200, 250 miles in your Tesla. Now it's much simpler, but if you buy Apple stuff, it all works together. Finally, age.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

If you don't include bathrooms and buying salty snack foods and sugary sodas and lottery tickets, your desktop can be as little as eight or ten minutes, whereas you may spend 30 or 40 minutes every 200, 250 miles in your Tesla. Now it's much simpler, but if you buy Apple stuff, it all works together. Finally, age.