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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

Green Car Congress

With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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"Spirit of DC" - Back on Blue Hwy known as Pacific Coast Hwy 1 with Re-invigorated with B&B Battery Pac. Thanks to PluginSupply's Robb Protheroe

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Cheers PHEV3A'rs, EVADC'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - On Friday afternoon, 30 January 2009, the "Spirit of DC" was operationally in excellent order and happy to be back on the road, trucking from Petaluma via the Bodega Road to the US Coast Guard Training Center and onto Pacific Coast Highway 1 (PCH 1) on into San Francisco on Hwy 101.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

Topics covered the expected gamut of policy (especially carbon policy), infrastructure, batteries and consumers. PG&E services the San Francisco area and Northern California. The average peak electric demand for a house in San Francisco is 1.8 It would be the equivalent of adding three homes in San Francisco.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Price tag: about $25,000, made from 95% recyclable materials with a top speed of 65 miles per hour and range of 110 miles per charge. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. before 2010.