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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In 1997, Willett Kempton , a professor at the University of Delaware, and Steve Letendre , a professor at Green Mountain College, in Vermont, began publishing a series of journal articles that imagined the bidirectional EV as a resource for electricity utilities. The electric car might still one day become a power plant on wheels.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

If you encounter such people or articles, all you need to do is point them to the numbers and trends in the auto market. In India, even though it is not an electric car, the OLA electric scooter got bookings worth Rs 1,100 CR. There is not even a single article in the mainstream media talking about the societal benefits of EVs.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

With the cruise control on, managed to have a lovely conversation with Karthik on Jared Diamond’s excellent book Guns, Germs and Steel. (In I remembered reading an article which said that sailors could exceed wind speeds too. Our booking was mistakenly done for the same day checkout. It’s a Zen feeling.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Building Computing Energy Gadgets Investing Smart Grid Transportation Travel ADVERTISEMENT Books that Matter Know Your Eco-Labels Hurray for the Bad Economy! The article is often carried by lots of media who will point to this breakthrough as something that has an impact on electric vehicles.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Drive in, drop the underslung pack, hydraulically uplift a fresh pack, drive out.

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Polestar 2 AWD or 2WD: Which one should you buy?

EV Central

We’ve family tested both the dual motor Polestar 2 and the single motor version , and in this article we’ll explain the key difference between the models, and if it’s worth spending the extra money on the all-wheel-drive version. Buying a Polestar 2 So, what should potential buyers know? And they don’t miss you.

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Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

There was a nice selection of books, especially guides to the flora and fauna of the High Sierras. It was there because the cover story was “Among the Ancients, Giant Sequoias of the Sierra&# Another article headline that made the cover, “Is Al Gore Our Great Green Hope?&#. We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?)

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