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An off-grid solar tracker powers this EV charging station

Baua Electric

Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, has installed an off-grid solar tracker EV charging station for its employees. Solaflect Energy , based in Norwich, Vermont, designs and manufactures the Solar EV Charger. Solaflect Energy , based in Norwich, Vermont, designs and manufactures the Solar EV Charger.

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I put snow tires on my VW ID.4 this winter – here’s how it went

Baua Electric

4 AWD Pro S in Vermont, and while I didn’t put snow tires on it last year, I put Bridgestone Blizzak LM005s on it this year. If you think it’s weird that I’m writing about snow tires in May, know that the 2023-24 “winter” in Vermont ran well into the spring months – the snow in my yard only melted a few weeks ago. Here’s how it went.

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I just swapped a Tesla Model 3 for a Model Y and Elon Musk’s brutal layoffs ruined the experience

Baua Electric

My firsthand experience of Tesla layoffs My husband and I wanted to work with Tesla’s new South Burlington, Vermont, Tesla Center because it’s an easy 1 hour 20 minutes drive away. Anyway, we had to do the thing that Vermonters have had to do for years, which is drive five hours south to the Tesla Center in Paramus, New Jersey.

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12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

Cars That Think

public services and cultural events , beginning with the Metaverse 120 Center, a virtual-reality portal for citizens to address concerns that previously required a trip to city hall. Green hydrogen is hydrogen produced in sustainable ways, using solar or wind-powered electrolyzers to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Here’s the how many public EV charging ports the US has now

Baua Electric

In April, Vermont trailblazed with its first NEVI charging station with four ports in Bradford. To make sure you find a trusted, reliable solar installer near you that offers competitive pricing, check out EnergySage , a free service that makes it easy for you to go solar.

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Kansas announces its first NEVI EV charging station locations

Baua Electric

Electrek’s Take Rollout of the program, announced in February 2022, has been slow, with Ohio breaking ground on the US’s first NEVI-funded charger in October, with Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Maine soon to follow. That’s mainly because the vast program is unprecedented.

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The origins of NDEW and DEED

Plug in America

DEED, which will include 170-plus events this year, extends the celebration. And media from Vermont to Alabama to Hawaii and beyond continue to carry our message of change. ” Pavley wrote. ” The bad news is that our application wasn’t accepted. National Drive Electric Week, as we have since renamed it, was born.

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