Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Unlike those you may have grown accustomed to seeing, many of these stations don’t just charge electric cars—they can also send power from vehicle batteries to the local utility grid for use by homes and businesses. Debates over the feasibility and value of such vehicle-to-grid technology go back decades. This is good for the grid.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2024

That may sound like a stretch, but the concept was tested in a 1970s experiment in which Bell Labs built a 14 km waveguide transmission medium in northern New Jersey. Using the waveguide to direct energy to the targeted rock allows the energy source to stay on the surface.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2013

Honolulu, with 26 quick chargers, has one of densest charging grids in the US. Again, the compact footprint with urban-suburban commutes in easy range, strong LEAF demographics of highly educated buyers in a tech corridor and a quickly growing fast charger network lend to the increasing popularity of LEAF in the nation’s capital.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University’s Bulldog Transit System will receive funding to purchase electric buses, charging stations, and other associated equipment. The buses will be deployed in areas such as downtown and the University. New Jersey Transit. Transit Authority of Lexington (Lextran).

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Charged EVs

APRIL 19, 2023

I started bringing these vehicles to fleets in New York, New Jersey and California. And they assigned us every bit of capacity that was available on the grid. What I can tell you is that the next sites are going to be Newark, New Jersey, and Savannah, Georgia. We’re going to put in an EV charging depot.”

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