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Study finds all-electric rideshare fleet could reduce carbon emissions, but increase traffic issues

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The analysis indicated that electrified fleets had 40-45% lower greenhouse gas costs per trip compared to the gasoline-powered version. In the simulations, battery-powered vehicles, particularly the 40 kWh ones, needed more frequent and longer trips without passengers to get to recharging stations.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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Grid-Edge Intelligent Distribution Automation System for Self-Healing Distribution Grids, $550,000. Hydrogen Based Power Grid Support Using ElectrolyzeRs with Value Stacking (HYPER-V), $250,000. SkySpecs (Ann Arbor, Michigan). Urban Electric Power (Pearl River, New York). Honeywell (Plymouth, Minnesota).

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Pike Research says lack of technical standards could hinder utilities’ readiness for EVs; forecasts $5.1B in spending from 2010-2015 on EV IT systems

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Utilities will face a host of new infrastructure requirements to support the increased power demand that will result from customers plugging in to recharge. While plug-in electric vehicles will not threaten the integrity of the power grid as a whole, they will have an immediate local impact on neighborhood distribution infrastructure.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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thermoelectric energy converters to recharge the hot and. stores energy from the sun to be released onto the grid at a. transportable like fuels, 100% renewable, rechargeable like a. used without a grid infrastructure for applications such as. power grid. Michigan State. power lines.

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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One of the biggest challenges to the nations power grid "is going to be the introduction of electric vehicles," said Dana Christiansen, associate director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which has partnered with Nissan, TVA and the state of Tennessee to help develop the charging infrastructure to support the vehicles.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. announced a partnership with utility Southern California Edison to test a fleet of rechargeable electric vehicles and said it expected to sell such plug-in hybrids within the next decade if battery technology keeps pace.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

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It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. The electricity for recharging has to come from somewhere, which means power plants. Maybe they can sell it on the ability to be recycled.