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Tesla Powerpack battery steps in after coal plant explodes in Australia

Teslarati

On Tuesday, an explosion at the Callide Power Station , a coal-fired power plant in central Queensland, Australia, resulted in mass power outages from the New South Wales (NSW) border to Cairns. More than 470,000 customers were affected, particularly as the explosion caused a cascading impact on the Queensland grid. .

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The electric grid is the most advanced energy-distribution network ever created and is constantly only a few feet away from us (far more ubiquitous than gas/ethanol/hydrogen stations). by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read. Electric engines are emissions free (and quiet).

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Chipping away at the ICE

Electric Auto Association

Uri (the February freeze) is still in the forefront of many minds, so I tell them it’s now clear that going electric—and therefore using more battery power—stabilizes the grid, and that this is based on testimony given in the Texas State Legislature by the Advanced Power Alliance and the Texas Solar Power Association.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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