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Leaf Gets iPhone Control

Revenge of the Electric Car

Read more in the article: Nissan Leaf electric car gets iPhone control. From the article: “All Nissan Leafs (Leaves?) While the vehicle is at a charging station, it’ll be able to send updates to your phone, telling you when it’s finished suckling go-juice.&#. All Nissan Leafs (Leaves?)

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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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Hydrogen Cars vs Electric Cars – Who Is Going to Rule the Market?

Get Electric Vehicle

While Tesla’s fast chargers (with 120 kW) can charge batteries to 80%capacity in half an hour, the BMW i3 or Nissan Leaf can take up to 4 or 8 hours to completely charge, respectively. Nissan Leaf. The range and the negligible fueling time are the two main advantages of hydrogen cars which gives the electric cars the competition.

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5+1 Ways to Eliminate Range Anxiety

Get Electric Vehicle

After a day’s drive, you can plug your into your home charger and the car will be fully juiced up to tackle the next day. The Nissan Leaf had an 84-mile battery range in 2014 and a range of 107 miles in 2017. In this article, we have mentioned a few practical steps and facts about EVs. The list goes on and on.

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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. Unfortunately, car companies in India like Maruti, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Renault, Kia, and Volkswagen have not launched even a single electric car. The Tesla Cybertruck has more than 1.3 million pre-orders.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

ECOtality Advertisement With General Motors, Nissan and Daimler – among others – all racing to come out with electric cars by 2010, it’s clear that electric cars are the solution and will soon be the norm. COMMENTS See what other people think about this article or leave your comments.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Nissan, through its joint venture with NEC, has created a battery pack that meets the requirements of the electric vehicle and will produce it in mass volume. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day?

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