Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2015

President Obama today signed a wide-ranging executive order mandating cuts in greenhouse gas emissions for Federal agencies. Planning for agency fleet composition such that by 31 December 2020, zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) or plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) account for 20% of all new agency passenger vehicle acquisitions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

But after interviewing Ford’s Nancy Gioia at the recent Detroit Auto show, I’m now unsure of both the timescales involved, or how much the power and auto companies are behind it as a fundamental concept. The only question is a carbon TAX the kind of change Obama believes in. — Bada Bing 9. — t_F 10.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And, you have to recognize that they pull a hell of a lot of power through the local grid: there will come a time when we will see utility transformers popping from all the current being drawn (imagine just a few dozen EVs fast-charging simultaneously, on 480V at 500A: wow). Charge at home solves fully 95% of average charge need.

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