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Leveraging Parking Lot Solar Panels for EV Charging

Clean Fleet Report

Can Solar Panels Produce Enough Juice? Connecting to the grid allows businesses to sell back unused capacity, saving money and preventing wasting energy when surpluses occur. Those considering investing in EVs could soon enjoy a comfortable, covered spot that tops off their juice. Retrofitting Woes.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Those exact words came from my wife’s mouth when I suggested we rent an electric car for a week’s family holiday in France. A shitty obscure Chinese electric car. Rent a petrol or diesel car for your holidays. In many places, electric cars are cheaper to rent than equivalent petrol cars.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

I wrote back in December about my unhappy experience attempting to charge my loaner LEAF at San Francisco City Hall's electric car charging stations. Parking in these Coulomb charge stations is restricted to city-owned vehicles and Car Share companies under threat of towing. Juice flows. You see the credit card symbols.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

The main reasons were: Reduce our monthly electricity. With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road. Help with reducing our carbon footprint.

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

Plug In India

Guest Post By Priyans​ 2022 MG ZS EV electric car owner Mumbai, MH It has been a crazy ride. I just got the car delivered a couple of days ago, and coincidentally I had some work in Kalaburagi, Karnataka. The car that I am taking on this trip is 2022 MG ZS EV. Let’s go plan! I thought it was worth the try.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

With superpowered cars like the Model S Plaid , Tesla upended the stereotype of electric cars as being slow, frumpy and boring. Now electric cars are making scorching inroads on the racing scene, faster than many folks dared to believe. If you’re attracted by lap time, you have to go for an electric car.”.

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New EV Prototype Leaves Range Anxiety in the Dust

Cars That Think

Not long ago, a 300-mile range seemed like a healthy target for electric cars. The design reversed the usual engineering challenge in EVs and internal combustion engine cars alike: The problem was getting heat into the system to bring battery and motor to optimal operating temperature. But that record may not stand for long.

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