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US and China join forces: Good news for electric cars? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

The initiative will also link more than a dozen cities with electric vehicle demonstration programmes in both countries – the paired cities will share data on charging patterns, grid integration, consumer preferences and more. So what does this mean for electric cars?

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Climate change projects had always had a stronger appeal to international investors than US investors.

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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.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Establishing dealer network.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. The intolerable act is to pretend that making cars into plug-ins will reduce CO2. We should have built more Nuclear power plants and created a nuclear waste recycling program. Many others are not so careful.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

Baua Electric

Climate change: Drill, baby, drill Trump made climate-change denial a core 2016 facet of many policy decisions. He made a pledge to “bring back coal,” and he has suggested that climate change itself is a hoax created by China to hurt U.S. EV plants Tens of thousands more U.S. businesses.