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Smith Electric trucks go stateside

Green Cars News

Electric trucks created in Washington, Tyne & Wear are today on the roads of Washington DC. Four major US corporations and two utility companies took delivery of the Smith Newton, the largest road-going electric truck in North America. Newton was launched in the UK by Smith Electric Vehicles in 2006.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Wireless charging is nothing new— Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. Charged : So, the same charging station will work for all vehicles? Because it’s all non-linear, right?

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

Cars That Think

I’m part of a team testing Peregrine—a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with miniaturized ice-penetrating radar, which can image the glacial ice all the way down to the bedrock below. Thomas Teisberg, an electrical engineering Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University, launches Peregrine at Norway’s Slakbreen glacier.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. You can see a general overview of PHEVs at All About Plug-In Hybrids (that page needs an update!). Pacific Gas & Electric/Bay Area Air Quality Management District, "Sparky," by EnergyCS, July 2006 (San Francisco County, CA) Contact sxtg@. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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