Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

This is a well written story in the Pasadena Star News about how the utilities are gearing up for the coming plug-in vehicles. The grid today could handle many millions of EVs charging late at night when rates are lowest. Photo by Eric Tom). To be honest, we’ll be very lucky to see that many. By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. 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.&#. February 15, 2010.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

President Obama Steps Up To Save The Economy & The Climate While Republicans No Longer Relevant. This bill is not only the most sweeping economic recovery package in our nation’s history, it’s also the greenest. Read: Here’s What’s Green In It. Read: Here’s What’s Green In It.

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