Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. Once electricity is generated and passes into the grid, it is typically used almost immediately.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Bill Ford on the prospects for EVs. At a media dinner at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit last month, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford made some observations on the prospects for electric vehicles: “ Here we are today now, embarking upon something which is very different for our industry.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2013
For the current fiscal year, the program is slated to invest approximately $90 million to encourage the development and use of new technologies, and alternative and renewable fuels, to help the state meet its climate-change goals. Big Valley Ford, Inc., Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California. Galpin Motors, Inc.,
Revenge of the Electric Car
JANUARY 30, 2009
The garage studies the integration of the electric vehicle into the power grid system where it either charges or discharges to accommodate the owner’s electricity needs. Several automakers, including Ford, have partnered with Edison to ensure those cars can get their electricity from somewhere. And we will use meters.
Revenge of the Electric Car
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. February 15, 2010.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. 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. Mazda Ford Partner was reported to be developing Series PHEV based on Mazda 5 MPV platform.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
In the city of the future, could power suppliers be rivalled by innovative construction firms? The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Close down all the car companies.
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