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Velozzi Will Use Capstone Microturbines in Supercar and Crossover Extended Range Electric Vehicles

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Velozzi, a Los Angeles-based car designer and manufacturer, will integrate Capstone Turbine’s C65 and C30 microturbines into its electric supercar and a crossover vehicle, respectively. The Velozzi Supercar will be powered by a 770 hp (574 kW) AC-induction electric motor charged by an on-board Capstone C65 microturbine.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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

Charged EVs

The ISO 15118-20 standard enables bidirectional communication between the charging station and the vehicle, and with OCPP 2.0.1 , permission is granted to go through the DC port. That means the charger inside the vehicle can convert AC to DC to power the battery and take DC from the battery and convert it back to AC for export to the grid.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

One of the first times Superpaint was seen by a wide audience was in a public television show, “Supervisions,” produced by station KCET in Los Angeles. “It Shoup stayed at PARC, supported by Kay’s research group, while Smith moved on, armed with a National Education Association grant to do computer art. Poor Adele,” Tesler said.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Think of driving any vehicle in the hot Los Angeles summer time. Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place? Way to go morons. P.S. The Volt is not revolutionary.

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Report: Rural California Doesn't Want Electric Buses

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According to a report from the Los Angeles Times , people living in California’s northern rural school districts don’t see EVs working as school buses. This becomes a problem when you consider the massive battery packs these vehicles use, as they’ll take far longer to recharge than smaller EVs. In October, Gov.