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GM Ventures invests in nano-structured steel alloys company NanoSteel; potential for light-weighting

Green Car Congress

GM Ventures joined lead shareholders EnerTech Capital and Fairhaven Capital Partners and five existing investors to complete the Series C financing round. NanoSteel’s nano-structured alloys offer unique material characteristics that are not available today, making them a potential game-changer.

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

Charged EVs

What’s more, bidirectional charging is no hypothetical future technology—it’s here now, and it’s being used around the world in pilot projects and a few commercial-scale programs. A handful of bidirectional-capable EVs are available today, and automakers are quickly implementing the technology.

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School Transport Goes Electric

EV Connect

Finances, timelines, budgets, and personnel were taken into account as administrators, and school leaders began to plan for electrifying the district’s transportation resources. New factors such as carbon emissions, a forward-thinking mindset, clean air, and the environment were central to the process, but questions remained.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

HDMI is great, but, not future proof, you need something that will still be a standard in 25 years. Low Ranked richii @ Apr 19th 2009 4:29PM for some reason this makes me think of the future. like i said in the first place, for me, this makes me think of one step in the right direction and makes me think of a greener cleaner future.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank.