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Study suggests widespread use of EVs may negatively impact land use

Green Car Congress

This study aims to start a discussion on the topic by exploring three relevant issues: the impact of EVs’ operating costs on urban size, the space requirements of charging facilities, the land demand of energy production through renewables. Lyon, France; Tampa, FL, USA), a mere 0.5 % increase of these would imply the loss of 1.5

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BoostEV is an on-demand mobile EV charging network, like UberEats for hungry EVs

Charged EVs

The EV ecosystem is a work in progress, and when it comes to charging infrastructure, there are some key pieces missing from the puzzle. There will surely be a need for some form of portable charging on demand, and this is the niche that SparkCharge is looking to fill with its new app platform, BoostEV.

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New fleet customers for XL Hybrid’s plug-in hybrid upfit for Ford F-150 pickups

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Southern California Edison (SCE); and Tampa Electric (TECO). Featuring a volume-production ready high voltage lithium battery pack, XLP will accommodate full charging overnight with Level 1 and less than three hours for Level 2 charging using an industry-standard J1772 plug interface.

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What EV has the Best Bang for the Buck?

Clean Fleet Report

Bronson, Tampa, FL With some 43 new battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) debuting in the U.S. with a sticker price under $30k, the trade-off is less range; the Leaf will only get you about 149 miles per full charge, making it perfect for short commutes or jaunts around town but not so good for road trips.

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AMPLY Power: Top 25 US cities could save avg. 37% on fuel costs by switching to electric vehicles and buses; up to 60% with managed charging

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A white paper by AMPLY Power, a company providing fleet charging as a service, finds that 25 of America’s largest metropolitan areas could save an average of 37% on fuel costs by electrifying their bus and light-duty vehicle fleets. Under San Francisco’s new proposed commercial EV tariff, charging during peak times costs over $0.30/kWh

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Battery Based On Advanced Metal Hydrides A project team from the University of Utah will develop an advanced metal hydride-based compact hot and cold battery. vehicles (EVs) without draining the electric battery, in effect, extending the driving range of EVs per electric charge. Florida, Tampa). battery for EVs.

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