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UC Davis researchers suggest we may be at the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation

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Key to realizing the potential role for hydrogen in transportation is automakers’ continuing commitment to hydrogen FCVs as a necessary complement to plug-in electric vehicles and a critical component of their long-term strategy to provide vehicles that contribute to energy and climate policy goals.

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PNNL study outlines requirements for grid storage, reviews four electrochemical energy storage systems: vanadium redox flow, Na-beta, Li-ion and lead-carbon

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Classification of potential electrical storage for stationary applications. In addition, it can provide services to solve more localized power quality issues and reactive power support. The future grid will face significant challenges by providing clean power from intermittent resources to a much more dynamic load.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

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Why does everybody state Tesla as US, When this is UK engineering from Norfolk in Great Britian? Peter Roach, Birmingham, UK Nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries powered the late GM EV1 and still power hundreds of Toyota RAV4 EVs, some over 100,000 miles. So the car uses an electrical store to power the drive motor.