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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

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Some people even invest in smart chargers that apply extra power when it gets too cold outside. It’s also possible to take advantage of public charging stations or charging programs offered by certain retail stores. In cold weather, it becomes more important to save battery power.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. If too much or too little electricity is present in the power grid, the network can suddenly become unbalanced. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Kempton and Letendre’s. In the UK, experiments are.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

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Battery Pack: PylonTech Battery Storage . Our system was configured with two battery units each with 2.4kWh storage giving 4.8KWh of maximum stored capacity. Initially our Electricity was provided by Scottish Power. With Octopus Go we receive low cost power between 00:30 and 04:30 every day. Octopus Go.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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The Cayman e-Performance clearly shows Porsche on the cusp of building all-electric cars that can match the performance of their top production-based 911 GT racers—while using a fraction of the energy, and with zero tailpipe emissions. The all-electric GT4 can already match the Monaco lap times of the brand’s fearsome 911 GT3 Cup racer. “For

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

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"On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). Its been improving over time, but the power density and cost issues are still steep for what exists thus far. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Thats right.

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