EV Connect

MAY 17, 2021

Not long ago, the idea that major corporations around the world would make the bold move of switching to all-electric vehicle fleets would have seemed far-fetched, if not inconceivable. The plummeting costs of technology haven’t hurt either — Ceres reported that electric vehicle battery costs , alone, dropped by 80% from 2012 to 2020.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2023

In 1979 the Macintosh personal computer existed only as the pet idea of Jef Raskin, a veteran of the Apple II team, who had proposed that Apple Computer Inc. make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. to handle the finances of the Macintosh project. It’ll never work.’ Coleman noted. “He

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” And by that do you mean they were fronting the costs of the rebates and then not recouping them from the utilities? I’ve been amazed that most companies seem to front the cost, even start ups. It’s expensive and my clients don’t finance. He was a geek.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

My new solar system only needs to be 2 kilowatts now instead of 4 – which is good because solar’s still too damn expensive and the process for putting AB 811 financing in place is taking too damn long, (and that’s another Greenius post that I’m still working on).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 will be available toordinary motorists to encourage them to buy electric or otherultra-low-carbon cars. The grants will not be available until 2011 and the detail of how they will beallocated and which cars will qualify has still to be worked out. Car buyers were less enthusiastic.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The idea is that when your car needs more energy, you can drive your car into a station and, like an automated car wash, your depleted battery is replaced robotically by one that has a full charge. Maybe you should ask some engineers at the local power utility before you go shooting your mouth off, decrying how the idea will never fly.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

This article discusses: (a) why the focus should have been on the transfer of proven renewable energy technology from developed to developing countries; and (b) how this technology transfer can be financed with currently available funds. But starting to raise immediate finance is more important than determining its exact future size.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Today, this cap-and-trade program is considered one of the most efficient and cost-effective environmental initiatives ever implemented. Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Factors Determining Abatement Costs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place? Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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Baua Electric

JULY 15, 2024

Just weeks after winning a shareholder advisory vote to reinstate his stock grant, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has apparently figured out another great way to waste money. Moving on to Biden’s infrastructure plan – something which Trump was never able to pass – this includes a provision called NEVI , which grants billions to EV charging companies.

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