Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

You notice the smell of smoke, and when you try to turn on your bedside light you discover that the power is out. The main reason is access to power. Could it use batteries instead, at least one per sensor node? When we talk about managing power consumption here, we usually focus on the power used by the radio.

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Stimulus Package Stimulus Mercury Power 87

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2011

Energy storage technologies represent an alternative to traditional grid management using generation assets such as natural gas peakers to balance the grid by adding power to it. The value of the ESG market is now measured by using the value of energy ($/kWh), not power ($/kW). Energy storage on the grid is reaching a turning point.

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Energy Storage Grid 2010 Li-ion 231

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

the only companyselling hydrogen-powered cars to U.S. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. Honda has yet to announce plans to sell one, citing highcosts for the lithium-ion batteries needed to power them andpoor range. “We drivers, may also developplug-in electric models as U.S. General Motors Corp.,

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Obama Honda Plug-in Plug 53

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.&#. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines. February 15, 2010. They cost drivers on average only 2.5

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San Francisco Neighborhood Electric Electrical 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In the seven counties I have chosen to serve, there are oil fields, windmills, solar farms, and even a hydroelectric dam. For example, when a historic downtown area is undergoing a revitalization, I make sure it’s widely known that EV charging stations bring more tourism to town and provide economic stimulus.

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Texas Gas-Electric Grid Climate 71