Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.

Grid 138

Grid Power Powered Vehicles 138

Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. Tesla Motors, a Silicon Valley company that makes electric cars, says it has already sold 150 of its $109,000 Roadsters in the Bay Area.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. But its going to be a very expensive proposition to really make all this happen." ( Reuters ) 7/19/07 Ford Motor Co. Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. Detroit Free Press ).

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45