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SoCal Edison white paper shares data about PEV usage and charging

Green Car Congress

Because California leads the nation in EV adoption, other utilities and stakeholders in the auto industry may find the information from the white paper useful, SCE suggested. The Southern California region and SCE’s service territory in particular is seeing significant uptick of early plug-in vehicle adoption. kilowatts to 6.6

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3 Things Utilities Can Do to Prepare the Power Grid for More Electric Cars

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neighborhoods and business districts. Some of this falls on auto manufacturers, which must produce more cars equipped with V2G charging capabilities. And, in an EV-heavy future, they’ve also plugged in their car for a recharge. Electrical feeders must be updated to handle a much larger load in many U.S.

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The Niro isn’t plugged in to recharge the battery but does have a very efficient regenerative charging system that converts kinetic energy into electric energy, when applying the brakes or coasting, and stores it in the battery. The center dash in the SX Touring model houses a 10.25-inch

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PHEV Energy Bill

Plug In Partners

SEC 132 Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program Grants to auto makers, suppliers, component manufacturers to encourage PHEVs, EVs, and advanced diesels. Here are the ones that caught our eye: Quantum's Fisker Joint Venture to Launch the New Fisker.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

Infrastructure, recharging and business models. Therefore it is important that auto manufacturers, policy makers and electric utilities work together very closely. The next step will be the ability to communicate with individual cars—that could address the 3 cars on the same neighborhood circuit issue. —Peter Darbee.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

To date, the relatively high cost of batteries has kept electric and plug-in vehicles at the fringes of the auto industry. Many of the other executives have years of experience in the auto business. million gallons of gas consumed by those white little trucks trolling your neighborhood.

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