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See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, all April

Baua Electric

It’s all organized by Plug In America, the Sierra Club, the Electric Vehicle Association, EV Hybrid Noire, and Drive Electric USA. This month, there are 180 events registered across the US and 2 in Canada (including one online webinar about things to consider when purchasing an EV ). April 20, 8am-12pm. April 20, 10am-2pm.

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DOE seeking input on H2@scale: hydrogen as centerpiece of future energy system; 50% reduction in energy GHGs by 2050

Green Car Congress

Integration of Hydrogen Production with Process Heat, such as from Nuclear Generation, Industrial Waste Heat Sources, or Concentrated Solar Power. Source: DOE workshop April 2016. Click to enlarge. commercial viability of fuel cell vehicle technology has been demonstrated (commercial vehicles being sold). Hydrogen from Fossil Fuels.

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See & test drive your favorite EVs at Drive Electric Earth Month, thru April

Baua Electric

It’s all organized by Plug In America, the Sierra Club, the Electric Vehicle Association, EV Hybrid Noire, and Drive Electric USA. This month, there are 180 events registered across the US and 2 in Canada (including one online webinar about things to consider when purchasing an EV ). April 20, 8am-12pm. April 20, 10am-2pm.

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And the EVA Board candidates are…

Electric Auto Association

I coordinate MAEAA’s monthly meetings in a hybrid format. Douglas Nolan Current Profession: Editor of TV/Film and Solar Developer How will you add value to the EVA Board? Along those lines, I want to build more community solar arrays. I own a solar farm company. When I was trained in solar, we merely educated consumers.

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Greentech Media | Japan Accounts for 70% of Electric Vehicle Patents

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Email Japan Accounts for 70% of Electric Vehicle Patents A new report from Japan's Patent Office has found that the country comprises most of the patents for electric vehicles, which include EVs, hybrids and fuel cell vehicles. by: Tech-On! by: Tech-On! by: Tech-On! They do not include railway electric cars, which do not have wheels.

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Greentech Media | The Bus With Plug and Play Batteries

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Diesel hybrid buses have brought that up a bit, but nowhere near the 50 mile per gallon level. Technically, buses based on the MESA will be serial hybrids, similar to the Chevy Volt , because they will drive on electricity but use a gas generator to recharge. Most buses get about three to five miles a gallon.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The first step was the hybrid, which proved to the world that electric power can reduce gas consumption. Email ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed Jonathan Read discusses why electric vehicles and fast-charging systems, not battery-replacement systems such as the one touted by Project Better Place, are the future.