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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

In 2007, Berg landed a contract to install rooftop solar at a local school, with the idea to set up a microgrid. Kok works with others in city government to compile data and create maps, dividing the city into neighborhoods. When Internet traffic began to crowd his radio-based network, he rolled out fiber-optic cable. We Drive Solar.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

Introduced in 2007, Epoch is the cell control logic enabling integration of electronics, firmware and software. They are usually delivery vehicles working within a neighborhood, and are on the road for 6-8 hour a day and are recharged overnight. Epoch technology is Valence’s energy management platform. The Edison is a 3.5

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2 PIA Meets CARB Move CARB Forward AltCar Expo 2007 Arnold Amped Up? Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? Newsletter Vol. New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol.

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It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Creative Greenius

They aimed more smokestacks at us and dumped toxic waste in our neighborhoods while they paid off the cops and the justice system to get away with it. Moratorium and phase-out of coal plants that do not capture and store CO2. That just ain’t right. And it ain’t a wise way to go when dealing with wise guys like us.

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