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Can Fiat win over the hearts of Americans with its new, better 500e?

Baua Electric

The battery comes with DC charging at up to 85 kW, which adds enough juice for 31 extra miles of range in just five minutes, according to Fiat. The idea, says Fiat, is to create Italian vibes every time you step into the car. If you’re considering going solar, it’s always a good idea to get quotes from a few installers.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. ACP looked at other ways of marketing its technology and saw an opportunity in the California electricity crisis then unfolding.

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Wireless Heater Made From a Leaf Skeleton Is Fully Biodegradable

Cars That Think

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Accenture Labs are putting this idea to the test with the design of a wireless heater that can warm up whatever’s placed inside of it when the heater is placed on a standard wireless charging pad.

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R2/R3 event impressions – Rivian gets the details right

Baua Electric

But I headed down the coast to the venue itself, in beautiful Laguna Beach, California, to be on hand for the reveal. There were hints of a few neat hidden ideas on the R3, like a (removable?)

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

The situation is similarly bleak in Southern California. Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety." Juice flows. Take that every way it can be taken.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

This duo, alongside Timothy Lipman of the University of California, Berkeley , and Alec Brooks of AC Propulsion , laid the foundation for vehicle-to-grid power. In 2007, Berg landed a contract to install rooftop solar at a local school, with the idea to set up a microgrid. This is good for the grid. Kempton and Letendre’s.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

and it’ll say “ You have three-quarters of a 250 milliliter jug of orange juice that expires in two days; you have six bananas and two of them look rotten.” Is this virtual interpreter scheme a totally new idea? Then GPT did it: “ There are three adult men standing in front of Disney’s princess castle in Anaheim, California.