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Wallbox Complies with AFIR: Your Guide to Regulation-Ready Charging Solutions

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The Quasar 2 bi-directional EV charger, providing backup power during outages Regulation Summary: AFIR ( Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation ) sets forth requirements for publicly accessible recharging points, both AC and DC, across the European Union. FAQ: – When is the deadline for Non-Compliant Chargers?

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. Plus more people are installing rooftop solar photovoltaic systems, and clean wind power is vastly expanding nationally (see study by eminent environmentalist Lester Brown cited at CalCars Kudos ). See CalCars-News Archive for updates.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Also, Im not so sure that blocking huge amounts of solar energy will not have long term effects on Earth.

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Choosing an Eco-friendly Vehicle: Hybrid vs. Electric Cars

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If you use solar power to generate electricity for your EV charging station, you can reduce the carbon footprint of running an EV down to virtually zero. This reduces wear and tear on the brake pads and also helps recharge the vehicle to provide longer range. Hybrid vs. Electric: Which Is Greener?

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Deffeyes "The Party's Over", by Richard Heinberg "Power Down: Options and actions for a post-carbon world", by Richard Heinberg, 2004 "The Solar Economy", by Herman Scheer "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Oil Shock", by Matt Simmons Return to top Copyright © 2005-2009 Plug In America. home | search | site map | contact.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The fuel engine on the Volt is used to run the generator to recharge the battery when a trip exceeds 40 miles, and it’s rage on a full tank is around 400 miles. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. It is also flex so that future biomass fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, methanol can be used (no oil).

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A key thing, he said, will be to recharge the batteries at an acceptable time for the electricity grid — to “make sure people aren’t charging at the very peak, peak time,” like late afternoon when the electricity grid is already weighted down by demands like air conditioning. The closest to that source is solar.

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