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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. Debra and I finally got our first electric car, A 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV, a joint production with Tesla, in January of 2013. The Bolt debuts at the 2016 LA Car Show.

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Personal: Chevy Volt—Still Electric After All These Years

Clean Fleet Report

The Lectron unit also comes with a Tesla adapter should any of my neighbors want to charge up their Model 3s or Model Ys (and there are many of them) at my place. The Tesla adapter is a must in my neighborhood. Road Test: 2016 Chevrolet Volt. News: 2016 Chevy Volt Nabs Green Car of the Year.

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

Cars That Think

We Drive Solar from his Utrecht home in 2016. It has evolved into a car-sharing fleet operator with 225 electric vehicles of various makes and models—mostly Renault Zoes , but also Tesla Model 3s , Hyundai Konas , and Hyundai Ioniq 5s. It’s having motivated people who are also in the right place at the right time. We Drive Solar.

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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

has constructed prototype PHEV trucks for electric utility companies which can deliver energy to power an entire neighborhood during maintenance or repair when there is a power outage [ 4 ]. Today’s electric grid was designed by Nicolas Tesla and Thomas Edison with help from Westinghouse and General Electric some 100 years ago.

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Road Trip: 2021 Volkswagen ID4

Clean Fleet Report

A major part of my California Cruising road trip was to exclusively use the Electrify America charging network, which was established by Volkswagen in 2016 as mitigation of the diesel emissions settlement with the US government. The turning radius was impressive, making for easy U-turns in your neighborhood. Looking Forward Interior.

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