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

Cars That Think

Early utility companies like Boston Edison and New York Edison organized EV fleets, favoring electric trucks for their comparatively capacious batteries. 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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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. Masdar is a multi-billion dollar project to create a mile-square city in a desert environment where “ nothing grows ” today.

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Perspective: My Participation in Project Driveway

Green Car Congress

The Project Driveway community is an incredibly diverse cross-section of drivers from the metro areas of DC, New York, and LA/Orange County. Whether you are an advocate for the environment or a follower of NASCAR, once you get behind the wheel and step on the accelerator, your driving experience will be transformed forever.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

New York Times ) Ford top 7/19/07 The opportunities and possibilities are huge," Mike Tamor, Ford Motor Co.s Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By By partnering with these two industries. Does it make good business sense, and how does it affect the environment?"

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

In our latest blog post, EVmatch advisor Jeff Pickett takes a deep dive into the landmark bill, looking at what the IRA means for climate change mitigation and the EV industry. The IRA is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation in the history of the U.S.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And if you doubt that they will learn, check out my cover story about BYD in the new issue of FORTUNE, headed to subscribers and newsstands this week. Much as I admire the Obama administration’s energy and environment team, there’s no way that the U.S. China’s commitment to clean energy. government is going to help U.S.

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