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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

PHEVLERs make our electric grid more efficient. [ 15 ] Electric power grids are designed with capacity to serve the highest power peaks demanded (e.g. Using these times for car battery charging, a typical household electrical infrastructure could support 3 or more PHEVLERs. PHEVLERs help support the electric grid.

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Envia Systems announcement may herald the first wave of DOE-supported commercial high energy density Li-ion cells with Si-C anodes

Green Car Congress

Envia Systems was selected for a $4-million grant from ARPA-E in the Agency’s first round of solicitation in 2009 ( earlier post ) and received another $1 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC). (GM The primary application for this GEN3 Li-ion battery is for grid-scale storage and electric vehicles, the company said.

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Ford offers its view on electrification

Green Cars News

At the moment Ford has four full hybrids on the market and will increase its use of hybrid technology going forward with plans to introduce plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and pure electric vehicles during the mid-term 2011-2020 period.

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The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

Green Cars News

This will send a stronger signal to the buyer about the environmental implications of their car purchase and will only apply to new cars, not second-hand cars. Company Car Tax. 16. * +3% for diesel cars. Models anticipated for 2011 include a plug-in Toyota Prius and Vauxhall Ampera. Greening the Grid.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

Green Car Congress

That last feature—the ability to self-regulate in large-string configurations—is especially valuable in the NS-999 application, Granville told Green Car Congress. In November of 2011, Axion commissioned a.5 The residential cube is an example of the smaller units, the first of which was completed in June of 2011.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. The car can refuel during periods of low demand on the grid, and if equipped with a bi-directional charger, can actually replenish the grid with excess energy gleaned from a renewable resource. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place? Deliveries start in 2011. link] This is not a sales pitch, Im just a huge fan of the car and an innovative American car start-up. The intolerable act is to pretend that making cars into plug-ins will reduce CO2. Many others are not so careful.

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