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Honda opens Smart Home US in California; produces more energy than it consumes; direct DC-DC EV charging

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The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. DC-to-DC electric vehicle charging. Photo by Dorian Toy. Click to enlarge.

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US COVID-19 mitigation efforts resulting in significant decline in traffic, emissions and fuel-tax revenues

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A new report from the Road Ecology Center at the University of California, Davis has found that total US vehicle miles traveled (VMT) at the county and state level have declined by 61% to 90% following the various government stay-at-home orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. UC Davis Road Ecology Center). billion per week.

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Electrify America, Sacramento announce Green City investments: ZEV car-sharing, ZEV bus and shuttle routes, EV charging systems

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Electric Bus Service – UC Davis to Sacramento: Electrify America will enhance bus service between UC Davis and Sacramento with 12 new electric buses that will run from the main campus to the UC Davis Health campus in Sacramento. The bus service is expected to add more than 400,000 bus rides in the first year of operation.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA

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The Flagstaff EAA was thrilled and honored to have EV Jerry and his plug-in hybrid car "the Spirit of DC" visit on Sunday 2/22. It does this by running on electricity part of the time and on gas for the rest. The electric power comes from either the gas engine or by plugging it in to a regular wall socket.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

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Automakers and major environmental organizations stood behind the President as he unveiled a new national regime of higher CAFE and greenhouse gas emission standards. As high officials of CalEPA and CARB got wind of Chu’s analysis of H2 and FCVs, they reportedly went to DC and lobbied furiously if unsuccessfully to pull him back.

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Parking EVs In Driveways and on the Street: Implications for EV Charging

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Thigpen at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis and published in The Journal of Transport and Land Use (Note: study PDF will automatically download) estimated that 37% of the households in the Sacramento, CA market they studied do not use their garage for parking cars. The study by Jamey M. Volker and Calvin G.