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Virtual Power Plants: Theory Vs Reality (Part One)

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Electric cars can help make them possible. The post Virtual Power Plants: Theory Vs Reality (Part One) appeared first on CleanTechnica. Virtual power plants can maximize the benefits of renewable energy.

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3D-Printed Electric Car Whipped Up By Canadian Auto Parts Companies

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Canadian auto parts suppliers are putting their sustainability skills on display with the Project Arrow electric car featuring a 3D-printed chassis.

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Tracing the Ancestry of Today’s Electric Vehicles (Part 4)

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This article is part of a short series. You can find Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here. How Far We’ve Come While electric cars were once dominant (around 1900), they fell from use because the battery technology of the time just wasn’t really up to most drivers’ needs.

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Ford Opens Cologne Electric Vehicle Center

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Ford today opened the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, a hi-tech production facility in Germany that will build Ford’s new generation of electric passenger vehicles for millions of European customers.

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How Europe Can Use Tariffs As Part Of An Industrial Strategy

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T&E’s paper looks at electric vehicle imports into Europe and what an effective response on both EVs and batteries might be. The sales of battery electric cars in Europe have been growing quickly, with 2 mln cars sold across Europe in 2023 alone. But given China’s edge in battery technology.

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Tracing The Ancestry of Today’s Electric Vehicles (Part 3)

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This article is part of a short series on the history of electric vehicles. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. The GM Sunraycer, and The Quiet Achiever Wikipedia and most other sources will state that GM’s Impact (the EV1’s prototype) grew out of GM’s Sunraycer project.

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Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux — Far From Realization

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Tesla rolled from phase one to the next and eventually created a mass-market electric car that changed the world, the Tesla Model 3. continued] The post Tesla Master Plan, Part Deux — Far From Realization appeared first on CleanTechnica. Some are happy to label.

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