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EV Charging at Work Helps Employees Get Back to the Office

EV Connect

But with so many Americans now working at least partially from home, offices and other commercial spaces remain closed across the country. To help ease the transition as employees slowly return to the workplace, property owners are adding more tenant perks to commercial real estate business plans.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

President Obama’s dream is appealing and it may be achievable, but there are big barriers to overcome before the mass commercialization of electric vehicles will occur. Recent public policies in the United States and other countries have improved the prospects for initial commercialization of PEVs. —John D. Market Drivers.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

Valence’s Saphion technology, commercially introduced in 2002, refers to the processes and materials used in developing the novel patented lithium iron magnesium phosphate cathode materials. One of Valence’s most prominent commercial vehicle customers is Smith Electric Vehicles. The USCAR/DOE long term goal is 5,000 cycles.

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BCG Report Expects Battery Costs Will Constrain Widespread Market Adoption of Fully Electric Vehicles, Absent a Technology Breakthrough; Forecasts 26% of Major Market New Cars in 2020 To be Hybrid or Electric

Green Car Congress

As an example of cost direction, BCG forecasts that NCA cell and pack costs will decline 60-65% by 2020. Despite this cost challenge, however, the report projects steady growth for hybrid and electric cars—including mild- and full-hybrids; plug-in hybrids; extended range electric vehicles; and fully electric vehicles.

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EVs for posterity

Electric Auto Association

Delayed due to pandemic concerns, the exhibit opened in June, runs through October, and costs $10 for adults (or free if attended concurrently with a SacEV chapter meeting). We applied to PG&E to fund 95% of the cost. This is especially important for the underserved. Everything is about using technology if you’re not so well off.”

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Massive government subsidies are upending commercial considerations. I wonder how the hapless car buyers without the PhD’s in engineering are going to deal with all of this? This is a much bigger call than choosing VHS over Betamax, because owning a dead end technology could cost you $50,000.