Cars That Think
JANUARY 18, 2023
In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. This means that storing and distributing energy is as important as its generation. The apparent contradictions do not end there.
Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2016
The vehicles, existing Workhorse walk-in vans with GM gasoline engines and equipped with the Lightning Hybrids Energy Recovery System (ERS), are in service on the streets of Chicago and were partially paid for by the Drive Clean Chicago voucher program for clean vehicles. Peapod, by design, is a green company.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2011
California-based Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has added 25 compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to its distribution fleet as part of a partnership with Ryder System, Inc. On average, Fresh & Easy stores use 30% less energy than a typical supermarket, the company says. The vehicles were made available through a $38.7
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2014
million vehicles including: more than 500 fuel cell vehicles; 38,000 battery electric vehicles; 29,300 neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs); 30,000 plug-in hybrids; 570,000 hybrids; and 3 million gasoline vehicles. NEV = Neighborhood Electric Vehicle. PZEV = Partial Zero Emission Vehicle, e.g. low emission combustion engined vehicle.
Blink Charging
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
1 million publicly accessible Level 2 charging ports at locations that include high-density neighborhoods, office buildings, and retail outlets. And this is where truck stops and roadside convenience stores come into play. What are the best EV chargers to install at a truck stop or roadside convenience store?
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 10, 2022
That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.
Cars That Think
JULY 20, 2021
There are technical reasons that contributed to faster repairs in Manhattan, but in general the neighborhoods that waited the longest to have their power restored tended to be poorer and less white. This strategy would correct an endemic imbalance that puts greater stressors on less affluent neighborhoods and the electricity vulnerable.
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