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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. Further, the system was designed for one-way power, not for distributed renewable-energy devices sending power back into the system. Phoenix, Ariz., The answer is a nuanced “perhaps.”

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Cyclone Power Technologies Receives Purchase Order for Two 10kW Waste Oil Gensets

Green Car Congress

Cyclone Power Technologies has received a purchase order from its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) for two waste oil power generators. The new Phoenix 10kW waste oil generator will be powered by Cyclone’s WHE-25 engine—a compact, scalable waste heat engine—using a specially designed, clean emissions combustion chamber.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

Driivz

Delivery vans, commercial-use vans, and pickup trucks are considered light-duty vehicles. Electric school buses equipped with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology also have tremendous potential as “batteries on wheels” that can store electricity and provide it to the grid or to buildings when needed. and Europe.

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Billionaire Brings Tesla Autopilot Rebuke

Cars That Think

Dowd published the findings, running an ad in The New York Times and a commercial during the Super Bowl. O’Dowd: In March, in North Carolina, a self-driving Tesla blew past a school bus with its red lights flashing and hit a child in the road, just like we showed in our Super Bowl commercial. Waymo tried an easy case first.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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The objective of the taskforce is initially to create a guideline for demonstration projects and design verification and later standardize in 2015 with field confirmation. Design validation test and wireless charging verification test. —Jesse Schneider, Chair SAE J2954. Develop protocol and determine means of communication.

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Renault-Nissan Alliances Forms EV Partnership in Phoenix Metro Area; Beginning of a Phoenix-Tucson EV Charging Corridor

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Nissan and the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG), which represents the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan region, are forming a partnership to advance zero-emission mobility by promoting the development of an electric vehicle (EV) charging network. Phoenix is about 116 miles (187 km) from Tucson via the 10.). ECOtality Inc.

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The Solangelist Learns To Install Solar & Loves It

Creative Greenius

Luckily for me once we got past the conceptual to the nuts and bolts of designing, installing and wiring a solar system, Scott boiled down all the math to the essential Amps x Volts = Watts, and even taught us what amps, volts and watts are. The course is designed for: Prospective installers to enter the PV job market.

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