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Chrysler Unveils Four All-Electric Minivan Prototypes to USPS; Applying for Grant for Nationwide Demo

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Chrysler unveiled four all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivan concepts to the US Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, DC, as part of the USPS Earth Day celebration. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) also has signed an LOI to provide USPS integration tools. One of the electric mini-van prototypes. Click to enlarge.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

The participants in Project Driveway will have to be located in Westchester, NY, Washington DC or Orange County, CA, places with hydrogen fueling stations. And in most places other toxic emissions would be lower as well. At a price, of course, but a state rebate of $2000 for Zero Emission Vehicles will apply.

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SAE Hybrid Standards Committee: Works In Progress For 2009

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Standards under development in these areas include: J1711: Emissions and Fuel Economy Testing. Such procedures will be used during exhaust emissions tests and fuel economy certification tests, and may be used for future “charge economy” certification tests. for reverse energy flow, e.g. vehicle-to-grid (V2G) or vehicle-to-home.

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There’s a Queue Coming for Tesla Charging, and That’s OK

Cars That Think

That's been a daunting challenge for the plug-in industry at large, which pays often-exorbitant utility rates for DC power-on-demand, even as chargers sit idle for long periods. and California over its diesel emissions cheating scandal. No one, not even Tesla, has come close. No one, not even Tesla, has come close.

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