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Honda opens Smart Home US in California; produces more energy than it consumes; direct DC-DC EV charging

Green Car Congress

The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. DC-to-DC electric vehicle charging. Photo by Dorian Toy. Click to enlarge.

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Jay Leno towed a Tesla Semi with a Tesla Semi

Baua Electric

The Semi arrived at Leno’s well-known California storage accompanied by means of Tesla design boss Franz von Holzhausen and Tesla senior supervisor of semi-truck engineering Dan Priestley to give an explanation for the genesis of the venture.

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How to Navigate EV Charging Rebates and Successfully Fund Your Home Charging Station

EV Match

The convenience of charging your electric vehicle (EV) at home paired with numerous EV charging rebates and incentives makes right now an ideal time to go electric. According to the United States Department of Energy, 80% of EV charging occurs overnight at drivers’ homes, which isn’t all that surprising.

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Tesla driving test hell: How DMV examiners’ biases are inhibiting the EV transition

Teslarati

After moving from the East Coast to teach at the University of California, it became pertinent for the 38-year old engineer and scientist to have his own driver’s license again. It is no stretch to state that California is the heart of the US’ electric vehicle transition. He drove a Tesla. Driving Tests from Hell.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels (C3Bio). $20. Use fundamental knowledge about the interactions between catalysts and plant cell walls to design improved processes for the conversion of biomass to energy, fuels, or chemicals. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM). Purdue University.

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Update on DOE Co-Optima project to co-optimize fuels & engines; goal of 30% per vehicle reduction in petroleum

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We’ve been accused of that; people still say we are, but we’re not. We’re not going to say “Ethanol. Thrust 1 began by casting a wide net, looking at biomass from all sources and the range of conversion processes, from fermentation and other biological approaches to thermochemical or catalytic approaches.

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Time to shake-up EV outreach?

Electric Auto Association

We’ve got different skill sets, so we ‘re a great team.” “The I’d been in charge of the Ashland Lions Club website for many years and I learned quite a lot about what you can do through Wordpress,” Jorgenson said. I had two conversions at these shows,” Jorgensen remembered. “I Bruce is very passionate, too.

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