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Lotus unveils E-R9 next-generation EV endurance racer design study

Green Car Congress

Lotus unveiled the E-R9, a new design study for a next-generation pure electric endurance racer that could be on the starting grid of circuits around the world for the 2030 season. E-R stands for Endurance Racer, while 9 is the car’s competition number carefully chosen in tribute to Lotus’ racing past.

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Fantastic 5: 2024 Renault 5 teased in production form ahead of its launch at the Geneva motor show

EV Central

Despite dropping the show car’s cool OLED full-width light bar and lamps there’s three-dimensional stacked LED lamps that pay tribute to the 1972 R5 and a slimline lightbar. New tech introduced by the R5 includes bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging, allowing owners to feed electricity back into the power grid.

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ITALIAN ELECTRIC SPORTS CAR LANDS IN INDIA: BATTISTA PININFARINA

Electric Vehicles India

The car was Unveiled by Sujai Karampuri, Director of Electronics with ITE&C Department, Government of Telangana and MD at Telangana Fiber Grid Corporation, Gurpratap Boparai, CEO of Europe Business, Mahindra & Mahindra and paolo Dellacha, CEO Automobili Pininfarina were also present.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I went and spoke to their City Council and said “For $50,000 a house I’ll put in solar AND battery systems and take you off the grid. If you’re going to do it, take the homes off the grid. That’s pretty mean to the rest of the grid. It’s part of my tribute to him. Everything else is wireless.”. Don’t you want to share?

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Because robust grid integration is essential for widespread customer acceptance of electric vehicles, Chrysler has enlisted the involvement of key utility partners, including Duke, ConEd and DTE. Postal Service.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.