Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. With funding from the California Air Resources Board , the team installed an AC-150 drive in a Volkswagen Beetle.

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Grid Power Powered Vehicles 139

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Bill lives a good 60 miles from San Francisco, so he needs to get some juice to make his trip home after work. Bill likes his car and is resourceful, so he got a Blink card and ChargePoint card and an EVGO card and he makes do. That’s why I ran into him at the Whole Food DC charger. Maybe they tout it as smart and cheap.

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San Francisco Cheap Plug-in Plug 147

Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The big takeaway: If you want a free charge station and are located in a program area (Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Sacramento, San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Bellevue/Redmond, Washington DC, Southern Michigan), raise your hand now. I think it makes sense for public resources to drive the early rollout. But for whom?

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Charging Future San Francisco Stimulus 203