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Massive solar array to power airside electric ground service vehicles at JFK Airport’s New Terminal One

Charged EVs

The system can operate independently from or while connected to the main power grid. Each bus can travel approximately 230 miles on a charge, and it takes four hours to fully recharge the bus. MW of fuel cells and 1.5 MWh of battery energy storage to balance electrical demand and improve power quality.

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Europe Accelerates EV Adoption with Policy Updates

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An All-Electric Future Is Possible Across Europe With mass adoption of EVs across the continent, technology will play a significant role to ensure EV drivers can confidently recharge and commute to their various destinations.

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GM: Volt Pack Now “Hundreds” Less than $1,000/kWh; Headed to $250/kWh

Green Car Congress

We think a plug-in offering 40 miles of gas- and emissions-free driving like the Volt is the sweet spot for the majority of customers because nearly 80 percent of drivers can drive their daily commute and return home for an overnight recharge that avoids inconvenience for them and additional daytime load on the electric grid.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. Slow Level 1 charging [ 11 ] should be used to recharge PHEVLER batteries whenever possible.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid.

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Six Technology Innovations in Electric Vehicle Charging

Driivz

Smart EV charging delivers reliable, safe, renewable, and cost-effective energy to EVs while meeting the needs of drivers and local grids. It depends on sophisticated back-end software that captures data from EVs, networked chargers, and the grid. During non-peak times, the EVs would draw energy for recharging.