Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment. The world’s largest pumped-energy-storage station—a technique that stores energy by pumping it uphill to a reservoir—is set to complete phase two of its construction in 2023.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

Tips for Electric Cars To Navigate the Cold Stuff. Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, but they can pose some challenges in the winter. Keep an Emergency Kit in your Electric Vehicle. Electric vehicles offer many benefits: they reduce our dependence on oil, eliminate tailpipe emissions and help to save money.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Today, the organization has grown to include over 230 members around the world, and is working to establish ever-more-powerful charging standards. The organization’s latest project is the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a standard under development for large battery-electric vehicles, which will enable charging at power levels of up to 4.5

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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 ’s power generation, he said. But a large-scale system of electric cars and smart grids is unlikely to be ready soon.

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