Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. There are clean ways to generate electricity. Its a centralised solution.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Email ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed Jonathan Read discusses why electric vehicles and fast-charging systems, not battery-replacement systems such as the one touted by Project Better Place, are the future. Electric motors are generally three times more energy efficient than combustion engines.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. How quickly can we really expect the early generations of electric vehicles to recharge — and what does it mean for the practicality of EVs?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Posted by: Joe | Apr 13, 2009 11:27:11 PM The government gets no tax money on electric vehicles. A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 It is simply the cost of doing business. This is what they do and always have done.

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