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Volvo Buses in project researching use of second-life electric bus batteries to store solar energy

Green Car Congress

This is part of a research project in which Volvo Buses, Göteborg Energi, Riksbyggen and Johanneberg Science Park are working together to examine electricity storage in apartment blocks that have their own electricity production via solar panels.

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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

Cars That Think

In part he is offended by what he regards as the use of unreliable software in mission-critical applications. 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. I know of no examples of someone shutting down a grid with malware. What’s next?

Tesla 110
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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

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. 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. who took part in the event.

Volt 100
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Q&A with CharIN North America President: It’s all about interoperability

Charged EVs

Oleg: It’s a part of CharIN Global, but created here with a focus on local markets, so we can combine global thinking and global technology with being able to act locally and focus on the issues that are specific to our region. Without connectivity, you cannot really integrate transportation with the power grid. It’s a must.