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How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis

Cars That Think

Extreme cold can have similarly dire consequences , as we saw during February’s massive power outage in Texas. Public health experts refer to those who are most at risk during power outages as “electricity vulnerable” or “electricity dependent.” In the United States, hundreds of thousands of people are in that category.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But when people talk about payback, they refer only to the net dollars to the driver. Wont all these cars require us to build even more power plants? Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it? At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Establishing dealer network.

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