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Leveraging Parking Lot Solar Panels for EV Charging

Clean Fleet Report

Can Solar Panels Produce Enough Juice? Connecting to the grid allows businesses to sell back unused capacity, saving money and preventing wasting energy when surpluses occur. However, one of the problems that prevent such parking lots from arising everywhere is high installation and connection costs. Retrofitting Woes.

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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

Green Car Congress

Arriving in spring 2022, F-150 Lightning will be available in four series and two battery options at more than 2,300 EV-certified Ford dealers across the country, with the option for fleet customers to access Ford’s complete ecosystem of connected data and telematics services via Ford Commercial Solutions. America’s No.

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We’re the New Renewables

Cars That Think

JUICE BOX For many years, environmentalists have looked forward to the coming of net-zero-energy buildings. Bettmann/Getty Images You, the Power Source The incandescent lightbulb, in addition to being a world-changing invention, is the prototypical example of something that wastes a lot of energy, giving it off as heat instead of light.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

All of this wastes time. An AC charger close by hasn’t been connected yet. DC charger isn’t connected. It can’t establish a connection. I charge here for two hours – on my own, in a lonely car park – so I have enough juice to get back to the other town and try DC charging.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety." Juice flows. No connecting to a network, no payment. Take that every way it can be taken. A small crowd gathers.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

The inverter converts the DC solar into AC power that can power the house or be directed back into the Grid as well as connecting up the Battery packs that uses 48 Volt DC. . The LuxPower has a WI -Fi connection and can be access via a web browser, more of this later. Battery Pack: PylonTech Battery Storage .

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Amputees who tested the artificial limb performed daily activities such as zipping a suitcase, pouring a carton of juice, and petting a cat, just as well, and in some cases better than, more rigid neuroprosthetics. [ It's been a hectic couple of days, so here are some retired industrial robots quietly drawing lines in sand.