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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. The car can refuel during periods of low demand on the grid, and if equipped with a bi-directional charger, can actually replenish the grid with excess energy gleaned from a renewable resource. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. slow charge.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

My wife, Zan, and I were recently on the Big Island, Hawaii, and while there we toured the state’s only geothermal plant. Hawaii's 30 megawatt geothermal control room. The rest of Hawaii’s electricity is generated by burning oil. Hawaii's 30 MW geothermal power plant. URL: [link]. By JOHN MARKOFF.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. It was based in part on the Alohanet, a packet radio network developed at the University of Hawaii in the late 1960s. PARC’s job is to develop the ideas on which we can produce a product scenario.” — John Ellenby , 1974-80, now president of Grid Systems Corp. Laser printers.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Seeking Alpha Home The Macro View Stocks & Sectors Global Markets ETFs Investing Ideas Breaking News Transcripts Register | Login Email: Password: Forgot Your Password? Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up.