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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

Blink Charging

Many worry about finding a way to get power to an electric vehicle during a natural disaster, but what is not discussed is how electric vehicles can provide power during an emergency. Nissan, the Japanese-based company, saw an opportunity to utilize their fully electric model Leaf to assist in these disasters.

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SDG&E to Test Mobile Smart Charging Device for Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. million eTec/Nissan charging and EV rollout. Juice Technologies. San Diego is one of the regions covered in the $99.8-million Earlier post.).

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Feature: The 3 Best EVs for Road Tripping

Clean Fleet Report

There are a variety of benefits to swapping your gas guzzler for an electric vehicle. Use Tesla’s Supercharger network (25,000+ chargers worldwide) to juice up your ride and add 175 miles worth of power in just 15 minutes. Three Places To Cruise the Country on Electrons. California. Road Trip: 2021 Volkswagen ID4.

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Hydrogen Cars vs Electric Cars – Who Is Going to Rule the Market?

Get Electric Vehicle

While most fully electric vehicles have a range of 100-200 miles on a single charge, hydrogen cars have a range of 300 miles. The time it takes to pump hydrogen into a tank is far more intriguing than the time it takes to charge an electric automobile (5 to 10 minutes, exactly like any other gasoline car). Nissan Leaf.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. For its part General Motors—the power behind Chevrolet and GMC—is now set to work with San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric to test forthcoming GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes.

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5+1 Ways to Eliminate Range Anxiety

Get Electric Vehicle

Anyhow as EV evangelists, it’s our responsibility to make you comfortable with electric vehicles and make the EV transition as smooth as possible. Often, anxiety about anything is due to the lack of expertise or knowledge about a specific topic and electric vehicles is no different. Know Thyself. You may also like.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Clean Fleet Report

When the all-electric Kia Niro was introduced in 2019 it followed the 2017 Niro hybrid and then the 2018 Niro plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all three versions, as well as Kia’s eco-friendly philosophy that this year saw the debut of the all-new, all-electric EV6.

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