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The Best Road Trips to Take in an Electric Car

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The Great American Road Trip: Chicago to LA. This particular 3200 km trip from Chicago to LA, is a modern take on the famous Route 66, and takes a few days to complete. There are also plenty of great places to stop overnight and recharge batteries (literally and figuratively speaking), such as Omaha, Denver or Las Vegas.

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US DOE Awards More than $47M in Recovery Act Funding to Advance Smart Grid Development; New Smart Grid Report and Smart Grid Clearinghouse

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Real-time pricing would enable customers to recharge vehicles during off-peak hours at reduced cost. The Perfect Power Prototype for the Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, IL) - $5,405,583. University of Nevada – Las Vegas. Dramatic Residential Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest (Las Vegas, NV) - $5,724,709.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The program includes the installation of 10 alternative fuel refueling sites (two B20, one Electric Recharging, and seven CNG). City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. South Coast Air Quality Management District’s UPS Ontario-Las Vegas LNG Corridor Expansion Project.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

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In the background, are various EVs from the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association, along with the "Spirit" hanging out in the shade and away from the sunny background. chillin' in the Las Vegas warmth of 110-degrees day, 27 July 2009. Element Hotel General Manager, D Dave Smith, plugs in the RAR'ster.