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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

Blink Charging

In 2018, the Blue Switch project was created by Nissan as an initiative to promote the use of electric car batteries as viable resources for issues related to disaster prevention, energy management, climate change, and more. V2H technology enables homeowners to store electricity in their EV batteries for use when they need it.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Electricity is a commodity that is bought and sold, and yet unlike most other commodities, it cannot easily be stored. Forerunner of the famous EV1, the Impact was regarded as the most advanced electric car of its day, thanks to its solid-state power controls, induction motor, and integrated charger.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The following lists are not exhaustive or fully comprehensive, but we have tried to include a representative list of resources for each category. org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com

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The "Spirit of DC" -- Back in AZ and Team Building with Tucson Clean Cities, Bookmans, starting mid-January 2010.

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

And also, Bob Oldfather of Bookmans www.Bookmans.com - a dynamic Tucson Clean Cities Coalition member, who has installed, or will install, six Coloumb challenging stations at all six Booksmans (three stores in Tucson, two in Phoenix and one in Flagstaff). Note: Bob's love of EVs goes back to having two GM EV1s.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

An EV like this would need to store 6KWHrs of power in the batteries if we assume the system is 100% efficient. When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries. Let’s consider a simple example, say an EV conversion that has a 120V pack and a range of around 30 miles.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Though as the environmental lobby constantly points out, electric vehiclesonly provide a significant emissions benefit if their batteries are chargedby clean power from renewable resources. So the car uses an electrical store to power the drive motor. Is it becuase US market prefers a "home" product? Mike, Epworth, UK Ok.