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2023 Rivian R1T Review - Got My Chips Cashed In

The Truth About Cars

Conversely, upon returning to Detroit, I encountered what appeared to be a massive delay according to the roadside “X Minutes to Whatever Street Via I-75” signs. The onboard navigation did not account for this, so I quickly called up Google Maps and rerouted myself around the delay. I’m not quite there yet in my world.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. I wish I knew what’s holding Gore back from full-throated support for plug-in cars.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid. Once electric cars are more common, demand for electricity will rise, and electricity producers will have to look at big generators such as dams, nuclear stations or decentralised wind turbines that feed in to the grid.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. Smart Grid City will use a realtime high-speed two-way communication throughout the distribution grid. Smart meters and substations will be integral.

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Extreme E – Greenland Glacier – Legacy Programme

My Energi

Let’s put things into perspective, the term ‘melting ice caps’ gets an average of 2400 google searches a month whilst ‘Greenland ice caps’ gets 90 searches per month. Greenland Glacier, Racing, Melting Ice Caps… What’s it all about?