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How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership

Charged EVs

And vehicle-to-grid technology offers alternate revenue streams for its vehicles. This enables more efficiency in terms of grid connections and capital investment. You have AC-to-DC conversion happening within that one unit. Q&A with Revel COO Paul Suhey. It’s 50 kW, 75 kW, that’s it.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. City of Santa Clarita, California: $4,620,000. New York City Transit Department of Subways, New York: $2,000,000.

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ABB charges into the future with Formula E

Charged EVs

Charged attended the New York City E-Prix in July, and spoke with several execs from EV infrastructure powerhouse ABB. Now, the general consensus seems to be that having the [AC-to-DC] conversion happen off-board lightens the bus, and makes room for a bigger battery.

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Tata Takes On Air

Plug In Partners

If a driver doesn't have access to a compressor station, they will be able to plug into the electrical grid and use the car's built-in compressor to refill the tank in about 4 hours. The compressed air technology is basically just a way of storing electrical energy without the need for costly, heavy, and occasionally toxic batteries.

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

Cars That Think

A memory capable of storing all the information for a single video frame; the contents of a frame buffer can be controlled by special software to produce or modify images. He used Superpaint to make a videotape called “Vidbits” that was later shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Frame buffer.

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