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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Later, Irene ten Dam at the Utrecht regional development agency got wind of his experiment and was intrigued, becoming an advocate for bidirectional charging. But if too many electric cars in one area need charging, transformers like this can easily become overloaded. But the electrical infrastructure will have to keep up.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

By reducing wind resistance and weight, the company’s engineers effectively are reducing the amount of work an electric engine will have to perform to get the car up to driving speeds, which in turn conserves battery power.&#. million gallons of gas consumed by those white little trucks trolling your neighborhood.

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