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Why Car Dealerships Should Invest in Public Charging

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Friendly Chevrolet, in Dallas, Texas, invested heavily in EV Charging infrastructure and after only 6 months in operation, is earning around $60,000/month from public charging. Keep Costs Manageable The price tag of installing EV charging stations can be a hurdle for auto dealerships, but there are options to lower this barrier.

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Autonomous Vehicles Can Make All Cars More Efficient

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Department of Energy program called NEXTCAR (Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles), for example, is betting that a mix of new smart vehicle technologies can boost fuel efficiency by as much as 30 percent. The demonstration was held at the ARPA-E Energy Inovation Summit in Dallas in late May.

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IHS forecasts 11% rise in China automotive semiconductor market in 2014 due to safety and navigation features

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China continues to be a place of rising automobile production and shipments. The replacement of midrange and high-end cars this year will drive the China chip market for automobiles. Lower system prices have helped push growth for this market, with the total installed base by 2017 anticipated to reach some 18 million units.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Double-Stator Switched Reluctance Motor (DSSRM) Technology General Atomics and the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) will develop a new type of electric motor with the. unique “double stator” motor design, which has initially been investigated at UT-Dallas, which can smoothly and efficiently. automobile market.

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

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Most days, most cars are going to have lots of extra battery capacity,” said Mr. Kempton, noting that on average, American automobiles get driven for just one hour each day. “Electric vehicles could be connected to the grid and could store energy at times when too much is produced ? — Mark - Dallas 21.

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