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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. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

My father worked in the oil industry, but his formal education was in aviation maintenance and mechanics back in the Soviet Union, so I got exposed to some of that early on. They tend to be used on regional rounds like the San Francisco-Los Angeles example I mentioned. Then, when I came over to the US, I got my pilot’s license.

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Opinion: The Benefits and Drawbacks of Driving an EV

Clean Fleet Report

This article may contain affiliate links. If you have a charger on your property that is powered by solar, your cost of driving your vehicle is practically zero. In addition, electric cars have far fewer moving parts than gasoline cars, so there is less maintenance and repair cost. Pros and Cons of the Electric Car Lifestyle.

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WattEV aims to operate 12,000 electric trucks-as-a-service and a charging network to support them by 2030

Charged EVs

California-based WattEV is building a network of charging hubs designed for electric trucks, incorporating solar generation, battery storage and active energy management. On the solar field, we were originally looking at single-axis tracking, but as we dug into it, we saw that it becomes very costly. Salim: Yeah. Salim: Absolutely.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. — Goodbye 2. Learn your facts before you post please.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If you charge with solar, is way less. And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman. The small electric will be king and batteries a valuable commodity, so valuable in fact, they will have to be wielded in to prevent theft by the Solar, Wind, Wave, Tidal, folks for their home installations!

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