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PwC industry survey provides check-up on determining factors for EV success

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PwC has released the first edition of the “Charging Forward: Electric Vehicle Survey”, which it developed to provide a check-up on some of the major determining factors for the success of EVs in the near-, mid- and long-term. —Charging Forward. Charging forward: Electric Vehicle Survey. Source: PwC.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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The automotive industry is living proof that private companies will rarely change their behaviors without a significant stimulus to that change, and furthermore one that needs to be mandated. Power plant capital costs. The market would focus, consolidate and find some very innovative ways to produce low-cost clean energy.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? Plug-in hybrids run on an electrical charge for about 40 miles before switching to gas power. billion in stimulus grants to the industry. Electric car owners must have a parking space with access to an electrical to charge their cars.

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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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Major study concludes achieving EU 2050 transport decarbonization goals will require portfolio of advanced powertrains; fuel cells, battery-electric and plug-in hybrids

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Combined with the increasing scarcity and cost of energy resources, it is therefore vital to develop a range of technologies that will ensure the long-term sustainability of mobility in Europe. After 2025, the total cost of ownership (TCO) of all the powertrains converges. PHEVs are more economic than BEVs and FCEVs in the short term.

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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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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. Here we go again.or Carbon trading vs t.

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