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In a milestone, the US exceeds 5 million solar installations

Baua Electric

Photo by RAZE Solar on Unsplash The US has now officially surpassed 5 million solar installations, a significant landmark in its shift toward clean energy, according to data released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. Solar arrays have been installed on homes and businesses and as utility-scale solar farms.

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Driving Dystopia: Companies Are Getting Serious About Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Connectivity

The Truth About Cars

Before connected vehicles had become ubiquitous, numerous companies suggested that they would be networked into roadway infrastructure to improve safety and decrease traffic congestion. While the concept of vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) connectivity has been around since at least the 1950s, any tangible progress has been relatively recent.

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

Clean Fleet Report

Most owners will opt to install a 240V Level 2 charger at their home that will replenish 10% to 100% in about seven hours. Bluetooth connection for up-to two devices with USB C-type power and data ports, wireless phone charging and a Wi-Fi Hotspot complete the technology. That will be used as an emergency option. We believe you will.

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Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

The Truth About Cars

The story begins with a company in Utah called Raser Technologies. The newly established company planned to introduce a whole line of PHEV vehicles, and their industry connection for completed passenger vehicles to convert (Lutz) was already in place. This sort of topic is the very reason Abandoned History exists. Until then!

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2024 Jeep Wrangler Review: A Refreshing Refresh

The Truth About Cars

Jeep sent journalists to southern Utah to experience the refreshed 2024 Jeep Wrangler in a variety of flavors in the terrain seemingly built for the Wrangler lifestyle. Disclosure: Jeep flew the author to Utah, feeding and housing me for two nights.] Is it still the one? liter and 3.6-liter

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. One of the first decisions Pake in turn made was to hire, among others, Robert Taylor, then at the University of Utah , to help him recruit engineers and scientists for the Computer Science and Systems Science Laboratories. Laser printers. Networks that link personal computers in offices.

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The EV Transition Explained: Charger Infrastructure

Cars That Think

As of this spring, 88 percent of the 46,000 EV public charging stations having some 115,000 plus charging ports that only support L2 charging , according to US News & World Report. This means installing hundreds of charging ports every day for the next decade at least. Finding a 350-kW charging port is not easy to do.

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