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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes.

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

Push EVs

Norway’s auto market saw plugin EV volume explode to take 87.6% December’s combined plugin share of 87.6% Plugin hybrids (PHEVs) took just 4.8% share in December, with huge numbers of BEVs registered, and overall auto volumes double those of seasonal norms. BEVs saw pull-forward sales, with volume around 2.5x

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They reinforce the Pacific National Labs January 2007 findings that we wont have to build new power plants for cars that charge at night. As PHEVs start to enter the marketplace, well see increasing support from electric utilities, as theyll offer reduced nighttime rates to incentivize off-peak charging. Thats 20-25 cents a gallon.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Val Miftakhov , also a member of the chapter, founded Electric Motorworks , where he first converted BMWs to electric and then moved onto manufacturing JuiceBox charging stations. “I got a thrill ride in the X1 at a chapter meeting,” said Pohorsky. And I would recommend Ian’s TedX talk.” It’s very cool."

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Feature: Camping on Electrons Is Coming Closer

Clean Fleet Report

As we move towards a future focused more on electric rather than gas and diesel there is an uptick in companies providing options for eco-travel and plugin options. However, it charges while you sleep and provides you with enough space to move around fairly comfortably. It has flexible anywhere charging meaning if you need a top off.

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BYD Atto3 launch event notes | Key takeaways

Plug In India

They also support fast charging of upto 150 km in 5 minutes. features the world's first 8-in-1 high efficiency electric powertrain (with motor, motor controller, reducer, onboard charger, DC converter, high-voltage distribution box, vehicle controller, and BMS integrated in 1 unit). BYD are a tech company and 1.4 BYD's e-Platform 3.0

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Low Ranked Ethan @ Apr 19th 2009 5:27PM Kilgore - Plugs are 24 volts in the UK, 12 in the US, your car will charge much faster with this, seeing as it is hundreds of volts more. The benefit of a higher voltage connector has nothing to do with the speed at which the battery will charge it has to do with the conductor size.