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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.

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Greenius Is Fired Up Over Obama’s Green Economic Recovery Bill!

Creative Greenius

This bill is not only the most sweeping economic recovery package in our nation’s history, it’s also the greenest. Some of the green benefits you’ll read about in Joe’s blog: Smart Grid/Advanced Battery Technology/Energy Efficiency. Read: Here’s What’s Green In It.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

The lion’s share of credit for source data goes as usual, to Jose Pontes and his EV Sales Blog. more than the original Sales Blog, since it was more detailed and up-to-date. Given it sells for only $4-5.5k, they can sell it all over the less-wealthy world (more precisely, in urban areas with reliable grid) if they can ramp it up.

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