Plug in America

JULY 21, 2023

EVs Cost Less to Fuel Powering your ride with electricity costs about 60% less than buying gasoline. EVs are Better for the Grid Electric vehicles are essentially mobile power storage that can get us where we need to go. grid actually diversifies U.S. Plus, if you are able to charge at home, it’s really convenient.

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My Energi

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

However, in a market of well over 7 million new and used car sales, that means that if any more than 10% of the car buying market wants to go electric in 2023, the simple fact is that there will not be enough supply to go around. For new car buyers, especially company car drivers, going electric is a virtual no brainer.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

If you opt for a 240V connector, the device can act like a grid-tied inverter, sending up to 2.2kW of power back into the house when the power goes out. Inverter: grid-tied, up to 2.2 For comparison, buying a conventional induction range and rewiring your Bay Area kitchen will exceed $5,000 in most cases.

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My Energi

AUGUST 18, 2023

You might have to compromise a little when it comes to colour, features or mileage, but the listings are packed with brilliant buys! The EVs of today, which include those on our list, have excellent ranges, impressive durability and are cheap to maintain thanks to fewer moving parts.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 23, 2023

Got to prove you are awake by touching the wheel, but you can buy a weight on Amazon to hang on the wheel to get round that. People build a safety-critical system, then they put a cheap commercial software product in the middle of it. I know of no examples of someone shutting down a grid with malware. What’s next?

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EV Central

MARCH 8, 2023

Here’s the complete guide on buying an EV – and everything you should be ready for when you take delivery of your first electric car. There are some EV-specific plans that offer very cheap off-peak rates, sometimes below 10c per kWh, bringing that charging price down to around $5. Electric cars are getting more popular.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 27, 2013

It’s also grid-friendly. Many workplaces could become EV friendly on the cheap, repurposing existing 120V outlets in parking areas and expressly allowing PEV charging. Providing a conventional 120V outlet is cheap and familiar. Neither scenario encourages co-workers to buy PEVs. They should be encouraged.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

For some (not all) use cases, the economic advantages of going electric have been clear for a long time, and yet we’ve seen a dozen EV manufacturers go bust while trying to address the commercial market, while fleet operators continue to buy diesel vehicles, which continue to belch out clouds of oily black smoke. A lot heavier.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. In the light of competition OfGem gave permit to far too many outfits to join the Power company bandwagon and make a business on buying and selling gas and electricity. We also need more Grid to Car and Car to Grid interconnect.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

While OEMs and utilities continue to define and refine hardware standards and communication protocols for smart charging, a tremendous amount of work needs to be done in preparing both the grid and the process to accommodate the expected influx of plug-ins, and to make the process as easy as possible for consumers.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

to offer tax credits for buying all-electric plug-in vehicles as part of a $128 billion program to get seven million such cars on the road by 2018. Updated to attribute projection on “smart-grid&# earnings to FERC Chairman.). Despite a high upfront cost, operating an electric vehicle is cheap, costing 2.5 By Judith Burns.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

It comes upon us when we have barely started ripping out our gas boilers to make way for the expensive and inefficient heat pumps the Government is telling us to buy, or building the costly new power stations that will be needed to charge the electric cars we will all soon require. Gas is the only answer.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Meanwhile, GM is hedging its bets by continuing to invest in the dream of cheap, cellulosic ethanol and the hallucinogenic pipe dream of hydrogen fuel cell SUVs.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations , and state and federal EV rebates, “ you’re going to see that you have no more excuses ” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

And if you dont see them, you dont want to buy them. And they will probably come from China, if we do not start creating a really dutch alternative, cheap, simple, ultra lightweight and modularized. A group of EV owners can create a grid cloud, with not yet available smart chargers, the grid cloud works as a virtual powerplant.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid. The story we hear again and again is that a company buys some electric trucks and some chargers, but soon realizes that it’s much more complicated than they thought, so they look for help from companies like In-Charge and AMPLY Power. It’s a must.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 19, 2023

They wanted to buy one or two trucks and test them for several years, and startup companies couldn’t stay alive that long. And they assigned us every bit of capacity that was available on the grid. They said, “No, no, we buy a lot of power from the utility. At the time, there were eleven OEMs. Get in line.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Smart Grid City will use a realtime high-speed two-way communication throughout the distribution grid.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 7, 2022

In front of me, I see a large wooden board, painted black and punctuated by a grid of metal holes. Adjusted for inflation, they cost about US $8,000 and weren’t even a thousandth as fast as a cheap gaming computer today. The board is real. So is the peg in my hand that I’m trying to move from one hole to another, as fast as I can.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles [EV], plug-in hybrids [PHEV] and fuel cell vehicles [FCV] at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Smart Grid City will use a realtime high-speed two-way communication throughout the distribution grid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The electric grid is the most advanced energy-distribution network ever created and is constantly only a few feet away from us (far more ubiquitous than gas/ethanol/hydrogen stations). Given the cost of oil and the economic, geopolitical and ecological effects of our continued reliance on petroleum, electric transportation will be cheap.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Smart-grid technologies can help utilities better integrate renewable energy sources and run the transmission grid more efficiently, said Allan Schurr, the vice president of strategy and development at IBMs Global Energy and Utilities practice, which is participating in about 50 projects.

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EV Central

JULY 10, 2022

None of this quartet is cheap, but all are towards the value end of the EV market. Charged from home using grid electricity, it’ll cost something like $6 to cover 100km. Buy a beefier wallbox charger and those charge times drop to about 5.5 Sure, there are cheaper options. Think something like nine hours for the Tesla, 10.5

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

The Georgia Public Service Commission just this week approved utility Georgia Power’s plan to build three new methane and oil-burning plants, as well as to buy energy from sister company Mississippi power, delaying retirement of one of that company’s coal-fired plants, according to the Southern Environmental Law Center.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Then Mr. Wang, as he’s known, got into the automobile business by buying a failing state-owned carmaker. That track record—and that potential—is what persuaded Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, to buy 10% of BYD last fall for $230 million. This could turn out to be one of Buffett’s very best deals.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths. — Larry 4.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

For just a little more than half that amount, we could fund a fifty-fold increase in spending on R&D for the kind of game-changing technological breakthroughs—like smart grids, ultra-efficient batteries or even cheap, manageable fusion—we will need to end our addiction to fossil fuels.

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