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Why One LEAF-Driving Cop Can't Drive Straight Home After Work Anymore

Plugs and Cars

A standard 120-volt outlet - Level 1 in EVspeak. He told me about city programs to install EV infrastructure and said the Police Department is competing to get an allocation of 240-volt charging stations (EVspeak: Level 2 EVSE). Access to a 120V outlet at work is the simple, reliable, low -cost solution for most commuters to get home.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

So if you find yourself by Pier 27 in a J1772 compliant or 120 volt-capable electric vehicle and are a Coulomb member or have one of MC's fancy new cards, two spaces with charge stations are available for the parking fee plus an as yet undetermined fee for the electricity. ChargePoint America is looking for hosts for charge stations.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

Clean Fleet Report

Excellent fuel economy, nice styling, low price and an excellent warranty. Low-cost but not cheap. Other nice interior features are tilt steering wheel, multiple cup holders, carpeted floor mats, a center console with slide-adjustable arm rest, map lights and a 12-volt accessory outlet up front. Drivetrain.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Representatives of GM stoked the clamor for the Volt, and a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid sat on the show floor. Meanwhile, GM is hedging its bets by continuing to invest in the dream of cheap, cellulosic ethanol and the hallucinogenic pipe dream of hydrogen fuel cell SUVs. (By I will pay nothing for my 300 mile road trip.)

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

Green Car Congress

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. And oil only seems cheap. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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NETL investigating researching chemistries for large-scale battery- and supercapacitor-based grid energy storage systems

Green Car Congress

Magnesium-based batteries are an attractive alternative to other batteries, such as lithium (Li) batteries, because magnesium (Mg) is cheap, safe to use, and its compounds are usually non-toxic. volts, which would make it an attractive candidate for electrical grid energy storage and for stationary back-up energy, NETL says.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

You waste a little bit of silicon, but silicon’s pretty cheap. Not only were development costs absorbed in company overhead, but there was no markup to pay, as there would have been inf the chips had been built by another company. When the design of the Commodore 64 began, the overriding goals were simplicity and low cost.

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