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Enterprise Rent-a-Car to offer Chevrolet Volt

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Enterprise Rent-A-Car will be the first to offer Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicles (EVs) for daily and weekly rentals later this month. The Volt vehicles will be available at the Mark Christopher Auto Center in Ontario, Calif., along with a new charging station.

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Chevrolet introduce electrified AWD Corvette: 2024 E-Ray hybrid

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New lightweight lithium-ion 12-volt battery that supports the LT2 V-8 engine’s stop/start functionality. It is designed for quietly exiting a neighborhood, with a maximum speed of 45 mph. The battery is charged via regenerative energy from coasting and braking, as well as during normal driving. Standard Magnetic Ride Control 4.0

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Profiling purchases of clean vehicles in California by rebates; PHEVs surge

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As an example, the Chevy Volt was not eligible for the CVRP until February 2012. Approximately 2,300 Chevy Volts were sold in California before the Volt became eligible for the CVRP and, therefore, these vehicles are not reflected in the CVRP database. Of those, ZEVs account for 7,404 (52%) and PHEVs for 6,542 (46%).

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New interactive map tracks plug-in vehicle adoption in California

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Also, although the Chevy Volt was commercially available in California as of Dec. Some 2,300 Volts were sold in California prior to Feb. The results can be printed on scales ranging from neighborhoods to the entire state. Not all PEVs sold in California are in the CVRP database as not every owner applies for a rebate.

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GM’s Maven car-sharing reaches 1M miles driven in <4 months; Boston, Chicago, and DC joining lineup

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In addition to Maven City, Maven+ residential on-demand car sharing is available to residents of the Aqua luxury high-rise apartment community in the city’s Lakeshore East neighborhood. Most popular vehicle: Chevrolet Volt. In Washington, DC, Maven+ car sharing will be available to residents of. and Chicago.

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GM and OnStar sign on as official Pecan Street partners; studying EV services and smart grid interaction

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Chevrolet made 100 Chevrolet Volts available for purchase on a priority basis last September to residents participating the Pecan Street Inc.’s Pecan Street provided an additional rebate of $7,500 for the purchase of a Volt and a $3,000 rebate for residents who leased a Chevrolet Volt for three years or more.

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Battelle introduces Grid Command Distribution services and software for rapid modeling of smart grid distribution circuits

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Screen shot of a Grid Command Distribution “heatmap” analysis for a neighborhood. As a sample use case, Tornes said, a utility might want to examine the application of volt/VAR across different circuits to see which ones would benefit the most. the addition of solar panels, batteries, volt/VAR. Source: Battelle and AEP (data).

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