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In the driver’s seat of driverless cars – ET Auto

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He has got the fuel bit right with battery-operated Tesla cars recharging on electricity generated from solar or nuclear energy (revealed last year in the ‘nuclear diamond battery’). Elon Musk ‘s vision for personal mobility is cars running on clean fuel and driving themselves.

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Old empires could be the key to a new car future – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Parking an electrolyzer near a wind farm, solar array or hydroelectric dam would be ideal because you can use renewable energy to deliver clean electricity directly to the hydrogen-production facility. But the gas would still need to be transported to refueling stations, possibly through natural gas pipelines. Tesla Inc.’s

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

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Electric vehicles are powered by electricity stored in rechargeable batteries or obtained from other sources such as hydrogen fuel cells. There are three main types of electric vehicles: #1 Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs): These vehicles are powered solely by electric motors and rely on rechargeable batteries for energy storage.

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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. Also, Im not so sure that blocking huge amounts of solar energy will not have long term effects on Earth.

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Another cut at US electric vehicle range requirements and usage patterns; fully-charged LEAF could handle 83-95% of all driving days

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Solar Journey USA project. This study was conducted as part of the Solar Journey USA project, an initiative to educate Americans about electric vehicles, solar energy and the synergy of Sustainable Driving that arises from the two. The dataset was downloaded from the NHTS website and imported into SPSS 18 for analysis.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Karma, a luxury four-passenger sedan, can be recharged by plugging it in; it can then be driven on power from a battery alone for 50 miles. After that, an onboard gasoline generator kicks on to recharge the battery, extending the range by 250 miles between fill-ups. The Karma can be refueled quickly.)

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

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Deffeyes "The Party's Over", by Richard Heinberg "Power Down: Options and actions for a post-carbon world", by Richard Heinberg, 2004 "The Solar Economy", by Herman Scheer "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Oil Shock", by Matt Simmons Return to top Copyright © 2005-2009 Plug In America. 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know?

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