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Con Edison helping NYC drivers shift to EVs with more places to charge up

Green Car Congress

Customer interest is growing quickly in Con Edison’s PowerReady program, which offers incentives covering up to 100% of the infrastructure costs of installing new chargers. However, the prospect of hundreds of thousands of EVs on New York City’s streets requires careful planning to ensure future grid reliability.

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Field test shows Volvo Buses’ plug-in hybrid reduces fuel consumption by 81% and energy consumption by 61%; 21 mpg

Green Car Congress

The plug-in hybrids have been further developed, and enable rapid recharging from electricity grids via the Opbrid B?sbaar The 4-cylinder, 5-liter Volvo D5F diesel engine produces 215 bhp and is installed vertically. A demo project that will bring eight more plug-in hybrid buses into service will commence next year in Stockholm.

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GE Energy launches fully networked Wattstation and Wattstation Connect software; pay by smartphone

Green Car Congress

GE’s Immelt on EVs and the Smart Grid. I think every aspect of the electric vehicle can be done; every aspect of a smart grid can be done. Industrial Solutions is forming data acquisition agreements with key navigation companies to share information on the installations and availability of WattStations throughout the US and Canada.

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Generating Power on Earth From the Coldness of Deep Space

Cars That Think

But about a decade ago, our research group at Stanford designed a material that’s remarkably efficient at sending heat out to that reservoir of cold while preventing heating from both the sun and the environment. With the ambient environment as a hot reservoir, we can use the coldness from deep space to create the cold reservoir.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

And so it was that I found myself in the Hermosa Beach City Council Chambers addressing the Green Task Force audience you cannot see in this photo as I presented my Finding The Green To Green The Grid House By House PowerPoint. Each red dot contains information on that zip code's solar installations. County Solar Map.

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Electric truck ready for dynamic wireless charging on public roads in Sweden; Smartroad Gotland

Green Car Congress

The management unit is connected to the electric grid and transfers energy to copper coils buried 8 cm below the roadway, when a valid vehicle is exactly above. Five receivers were installed on the trailer of an electric truck, Sweden’s first fully electric 40-ton truck.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

As a mariner, I have focused on Health, Safety, & Environment concerns. My tenacious advocacy for EVs at local organizations, government agencies, schools, and organizing events has resulted in policy changes, charging installations, and more people driving EVs and more organizations promoting EVs in our area.