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Nissan Exploring Inductive Charging Capable of Power Transfer Over Longer Distances for its Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

However, Nissan admits that it still has no idea on how much it would cost, how long the designated lane would have to be, or how fast the battery could be recharged.Nissan is grappling with its recent consumer research, which revealed that 61% of potential electric car customers were most worried about the inconvenience of recharging.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

And this incremental nature of innovation means that controlling the spread, manufacturing, and further development of new ideas is almost impossible. In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

Cars That Think

In the mid-1960s, Robert Kahn began thinking about how computers with different operating systems could talk to each other across a network. He didn’t think much about what they would say to one another, though. 1962 and Ph.D. 1962 and Ph.D. And he is still involved in networking research today.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

This marketing choice by Ford is either a very bad idea (brand dilution) or a genius plan to move the pony car into the modern era. Not an H or D in sight. I’ve always wondered how Harley would market its silent motorcycles. Fine with me. Five Ways To Market EVs. Without being exhaustive, let’s take a look at some examples. A new old brand.

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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

People all over the world supported this movement… the core group became the founders of Plug In America.” People all over the world supported this movement… the core group became the founders of Plug In America.” “We His interest grew deeper when he was an officer in the U.S. It was just a great car,” Earl said. “I

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MIT Year End Energy Review touts PHEVs

Plugs and Cars

The MIT Technology Review reports plug-in hybrids a big 2006 energy story: "The plug-in hybrid-vehicle era begins. For years, hobbyists and a few companies have been adding bigger battery packs to hybrid vehicles, which have both battery power and an internal combustion engine, and plugging them into electrical outlets.

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Emporia’s energy management system prepares for the bidirectional EV charging future

Charged EVs

I launched Emporia in the spring of 2018 with co-founders Ted Graham and Franz Ketwig—we have worked together since 2006 in the commodities trading space, and they now share the Chief Technical Officer role at Emporia. The last one I was running is called Concord Energy. The first product we launched was an energy monitoring system.

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