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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. Before cofounding AC Propulsion, Alan Cocconi worked on Sunraycer, a solar-powered car for GM. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

Washington state has an abundance of power very cheap from all the hydro. I watched the BMW i3s at Delaware University [an early V2X pilot], and my mind was blown. Charged : What about solar+storage? Paul Gioupis: There’s not enough on-site generation possible from solar to support a large commercial EV depot.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Wind, solar and nuclear could easily change our electrical sources. Much of the technology needed is still a distant dream ? but not all of it.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Cheap debt issuance alone, even if backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Northeastern Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

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