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Ioniq 6 efficiency, Honda CR-V hybrid, Canoo lifeline, Tesla Powerwalls backing up the grid: The Week in Reverse

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How are Tesla Powerwall owners forming a “virtual power plant” to back up the grid? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 15, 2022. Which automaker entered the charging business? Hyundai confirmed the U.S.

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Honda’s Tesla charging timeline, Toyota hydrogen pickup, fuel-cell power station: Today’s Car News

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port “off the grid.” This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Toyota has revealed a hydrogen fuel-cell pickup project, and it’s ready to take its biggest U.S. ” And will more than four out of five new EVs sold in North Dakota really still fuel up with gasoline? Toyota is producing.

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Tesla Powerwall virtual power plant, Hyundai Ioniq recall, “wear-free” motor: Today’s Car News

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Tesla Powerwall owners will ally to smooth the California grid. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A new motor design is claimed to be good for performance EVs and wear-free. And Hyundai issues a recall on the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid and PHEV—again.

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Tesla Model 3 production, self-driving car pros for electric cars, and battery power grid backups: Today's Car News

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Self-driving cars will provide numerous benefits to electric cars. PG&E partners with Tesla to provide power grid backups. All of this and more on Green Car Reports. In the last week of June, Tesla built 5,000 Model 3 electric cars—a. Tesla Model 3 production reaches a milestone.

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Tesla Model S Ownership Costs, Fuel-Cell Car Questions Answered, Cheap Solar Power: Today's Car News

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We start off today with some Tesla Model S ownership-cost calculations, move on to carmakers'' answer to our 10 questions on hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, and finish with a prediction that solar power will achieve grid parity in two years. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Lucid Air timeline, Nissan electric future, Bolt EV deals: The Week in Reverse

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Why did our power grid get cleaner than expected in 2019? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 17, 2020. debut of the Nissan Ariya concept, in Las Vegas at CES, Green Car Reports sampled the e-4orce twin-motor and.

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Electric cars could ‘overload power grid’ warns French energy firm

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No sooner has it launched than the Renault ZOE electric car is being blamed with threatening France’s power grid. In an article in the Daily Mail today, there is a stark warning from the head of R&D at French power infrastructure firm RTE, that the rising prominence of electric cars on the road could put [.].