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Opinion: Hey VW, Electric Vehicles Are Not a Joke

Clean Fleet Report

One or two or sometimes more companies let their PR folks’ creative juices loose on a gag press release sent on April 1. The auto industry is not known as a second career for comedy writers. 4 battery electric crossover and the corporate commitment to EVs. 4 battery electric crossover and the corporate commitment to EVs.

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

Cars That Think

During the 1990s, Brooks formed a team at AeroVironment that provided support for GM’s EV programs until he too tired of the corporate routine and joined ACP in 1999. And the auto industry had just canceled the battery EV. At the moment, the auto industry does not have a clear interest in V2G.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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? Does it, in essence, come down to the fact that V2G takes advantage of battery storage that would exist anyway , as opposed to requiring batteries specifically for the purpose of storing night-time electricity?

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