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Lightning Systems receives California ARB Executive Order for the Transit Bus Repower powertrain

Green Car Congress

Lightning Analytics is available with each Lightning powertrain, including the Transit Bus Repower. A repower is a cost-effective and timely solution for transit agencies. All Lightning products are available today.

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This Robotic Pack Mule Can Carry Your Gear (and You)

Cars That Think

If you go back far enough, a bunch of the initial funding for quadrupedal robots that enabled the commercial platforms that are available today was tied into the idea of robotic pack animals. This results in a robot with more payload capabilities and a lower cost of transport.”

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Deloitte Survey finds only 4% of global consumers likely to be satisfied with current EVs despite increasing consideration and willingness to buy; higher ICE fuel economy reduces interest in EVs

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Consumers’ expectations around the performance and purchase price of electric vehicles are so divergent from the actual offerings available today, that no more than 2–4% of consumers worldwide would have their expectations met, according to a new survey from Deloitte. Click to enlarge.

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Pike Research forecasts automotive Li-ion battery prices to drop by more than 1/3 by 2017

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According to a recent report examining batteries for electric vehicles from Pike Research, as manufacturing efficiencies improve and access to lithium expands, the installed cost of Li-ion batteries will fall by more than one-third by the end of 2017. of Li-ion chemistries are available today, none of them can claim to be the ideal solution.

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What is V2H?

Driivz

V2H can also reduce energy costs, helping to offset the initial investment in the EV and the supporting V2H technology. What are the challenges to V2H? As the technology becomes more mainstream, these challenges will be less significant.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

The only all-electric “highway-capable&# vehicle available today is the $109,000 Tesla Roadster. There are no tailpipe emissions, and the cost of the electricity to charge them is much cheaper than a tank of gasoline. The only all-electric “highway-capable&# vehicle available today is the $109,000 Tesla Roadster.

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