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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

Green Car Congress

US-based electric vehicle provider ZAP and China auto manufacturer Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. The Taizhou-based automaker markets and sells vehicles in China through a network of more than 600 auto dealerships. ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation. The Jonway A380.

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

The garage studies the integration of the electric vehicle into the power grid system where it either charges or discharges to accommodate the owner’s electricity needs. So instead, Edison and auto manufacturers are turning to “smart metering&# technologies. He even knows what a plug-in hybrid is.&#.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

French construction company Bouygues Immobilier is working on an office in Meudon, western Paris, which uses 4,000 square metres of solar panels to meet not only its own energy needs but also to export surplus energy back to the power grid. That will solve these problems, not big government, big auto or big energy.

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