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Electric vehicles will not help South Africa cut emissions, say researchers

Green Cars News

The story about China’s coal-reliant electricity production resulting in electric vehicles (EVs) becoming more polluting than combustion cars (see story) may have been twisted by some unscrupulous media to imply that all EVs, wherever they are used, are a far-worse for the environment than oil-drinkers (see the usual suspects for more info).

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How Efficient Is Your EV? It’s Complicated

Cars That Think

With electric vehicles, however, calculating efficiency is not so simple. We'll be interested in how much carbon-based fuels such as coal and natural gas went into the electrical energy that charged our batteries. liters per 100 kilometers. It indicates how many miles the car can travel as 33.7

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Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Search Results for Google April 29, 2009 09:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time Green Star to Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle FRANKFORT, Ky.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Green Star Products, Inc. OTC: GSPI) announced today that within the next four weeks it plans to publicly test its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV).

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What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

Baua Electric

For example, solar and wind power do not deplete finite resources like coal, oil, and natural gas, contributing to more sustainable resource management. Known for electric vehicles, Tesla is also a major player in energy storage and solar energy. Here are some notable companies involved in the renewable energy sector.

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How ISO 15118 Charging Protocols Can Speed Up EV Adoption

EV Connect

ISO 15118 is an un-intuitive name for something that seems unbelievably simple: a set of protocols that allows an electric vehicle to communicate with charging infrastructure (like a charging station) so that all you need to do to charge your vehicle is plug it into a compatible port. And the U.S.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. excluding coal power in china. lol BUT everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

Plug In India

Kalaburagi, also known as Gulbarga, is roughly 550-600 kms away from Mumbai and it is a perfect amount of distance one can travel in a day, in an electric vehicle. Now electric vehicles don’t like to go down to very low SoCs, and they lose some charge while going uphill / gaining elevation. Or can they go more?