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An e-scooter, a PHEV and an angry man

EV Central

It means you can travel, should you wish, a substantial distance between charges. And, if the idea of taking an e-scooter to your home power point sounds too much like hard work, V2L (or vehicle-to-load) technology makes life even easier. Its charging time is 3-4 hours, there’s a top speed of 32km/h and it weighs 12.5kg.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Sure, it’d be a gamble fraught with charging uncertainty. But Europe’s embraced EVs faster and more enthusiastically than we Aussies, so surely the charging infrastructure is more commonplace, reliable, cheaper and efficient? A stuck charging cable. Holiday days planned around EV charging. Charging is Easy!

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Major utilities were compelled to purchase high-cost peaking power, and because retail prices were capped, they could not pass their costs on to consumers. In the 1990s, batteries had far less capacity than they do today, and for the small community of EV users, the prospect of running out of juice and becoming stranded was very real.

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Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup

Plug In India

The flywheel is downsized to give a continuum between shift of gears, else unlike a ICE engine, when you take your leg off the pedal, the motor goes zero torque when you are re-engaging gears. I can understand the need for maintaining capital cost parity with an equivalent diesel tractor. Sounds like an interesting idea.

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2023 Kia EV6 GT review: Mega-popular electric vehicle put to the seven-day test

EV Central

Then its stylishly integrated door handles, giant 21-inch five-spoke alloys, clamshell bonnet and strikingly detailed LED lights everywhere (I don’t want to think about their replacement cost). It’s mind-blowing, if not quite in the re-wire brain territory of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S. That’s daft acceleration. The ton is up in 3.5

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

Over a third of the money spent on energy bills is goes towards heating and hot water costs. If you’re feeling inspired by all these money saving tips and want to go bigger, why not spend this week looking into grants and schemes available from the government such as the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). Cooked too much?

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Project Better Place plans to deploy a massive network of battery charging spots. Here we go again.or Carbon trading vs t.

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