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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

He also serves on the Board of Drive Electric Florida, and chairs the Florida Electric Power Coordinating Group, which represents most of the utilities in the state of Florida, and leads the Group’s subcommittee for electrification. kWh per mile, and that’s additional energy growth. Is that an issue in Florida?

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

The Defender charges like a lioness on a wildebeest’s scent, slaying 60 miles per hour (almost 100 kilometers per hour) in about 5 seconds. For this baby-blue Rover, the conversion includes a powerful electric drive unit from a. That gives the hardy Rover a range of up to 350 kilometers (about 220 miles)—plenty for weekend joy rides.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Center for Enhanced Camelina Oil (CECO) The team led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will. produces more oil per acre. Lead organization. 3,734,939.

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Electrifying School Buses

Noodoe

Electric School Buses in the US are a hot conversation. Electric buses have no oil to change, spark plugs to check, or emission guidelines that regulate them. Schools in states with high solar energy production like California, Texas, and Florida can especially benefit. Benefits of electric over diesel. Operation Cost.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

With my pal, Brad Bartz, of ABC Solar forcing the City of Torrance to back down and stop breaking the state solar rights law, With the growing numbers of electric cars and plug-in cars headed our way and the price of oil hitting $71 a barrel yesterday. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. Plug In Conversions Corp.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Tarpon Springs, Florida - Over the past year, Jerry Asher has driven some 33,000 miles through 48 states. "I The extra lead-acid batteries will run the car about twelve miles on just electricity and they increase gas mileage when the car's using both power sources. The cost is around $5,000 for the entire conversion."

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10Connects Broadcasting "Spirit of DC" Story from St Petersburg, FL

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Video to be forthcoming Tarpon Springs, Florida - Over the past year, Jerry Asher has driven some 33,000 miles through 48 states. "I The extra lead-acid batteries will run the car about twelve miles on just electricity and they increase gas mileage when the car's using both power sources. Asher's a kind of a traveling preacher.

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