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Skylark Restaurants in Japan to offer free EV recharging at 900 locations

Green Car Congress

Theoretically you could tour the entire country paying nothing for your travel and eating cheap at Skylark’s restaurants. Skylark will be gradually supplementing these with fast chargers as well, so customers will be able to get a full charge while they eat. —Stephen Munday, Integrity Exports.

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10 Reasons Your Next Car Should Be an EV

Plug in America

Since most EVs are only in use a small fraction of each day, they can often charge when energy on the grid is clean, cheap, and abundant. They can also store energy for use at a later time if they have vehicle-to-grid (V2G) or vehicle-to-home (V2H) capabilities. billion more in revenues than costs.

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First Look: 2024 Ford Ranger and Ranger Raptor

The Truth About Cars

Since we already knew the majority of what Ford had in store for us, those little details mattered. Launched as a SuperCrew (in either XL, XLT, or Lariat trims), the back seats come with a pretty smart cubby for storing cargo that you might not want anyone else to find. The dealer markups will be utterly insane.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

The digital screens look flash, but otherwise it’s a bit devoid of flair and when you dig deeper some of the interior plastics feel cheap. It’s a mobile energy store. This means energy stored in the 20kWh battery can be used to power your home or send energy back to the grid. 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Aspire.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

There were two Level 2 charging stations about six blocks away in a grocery store parking lot, but that was not a convenient or reliable option. The dealer explained that “a huge number of buyers were returning the EVs they bought” until he discouraged them. Harry’s 200-unit condominium building in Minneapolis, Minn.,

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

You waste a little bit of silicon, but silicon’s pretty cheap. Jack [Tramiel] made the bet that by the time we were ready to produce a product, 64K Rams would be cheap enough for us to use,” Charpentier said. In the character-mapped mode, the screen is made up of 1000 pointers, each of which selects a character stored in ROM or RAM.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. Wang signed an agreement last year with Autobinck, a Dutch dealer group, to distribute its cars in the Netherlands and five Eastern European countries. Electric cars will be one answer.

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