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US official takes zero-Tesla road trip to promote EVs–things get so tricky they ended up ICE-ing a charger

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United States Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm went on a four-day, 600+ mile journey from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Memphis, Tennessee, with a fleet of all-electric vehicles. The distance itself between Charlotte and Memphis is not that far. At one point, an ICE-ing incident happened, and police got involved.

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Ford CEO Jim Farley argues a new ‘anxiety’ plagues consumers from EVs

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.” The comments came in response to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm’s recent four-day, 600-mile journey from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Memphis, Tennessee, with a fleet of legacy automaker electric vehicles. “We’re going to offer customers a choice.

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IEEE Standards Development Pioneer Koepfinger Dies at 99

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Joseph Koepfinger Developed standards for electric power systems Life Fellow, 99; died 6 January Koepfinger was an active volunteer with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), an IEEE predecessor society. In the 1960s he became chair of the SPDC and initiated efforts to develop standards for low-voltage surge protectors.