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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. If too much or too little electricity is present in the power grid, the network can suddenly become unbalanced.

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London gets Ford all-electric ambulances to go with its Mustang Mach-E’s

Baua Electric

For one, the ambulance “can sustain a 12-hour shift,” can power essential functions like heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and auxiliary supplies, according to the UK’s National Health Service. Ambulance stations, too, come equipped with 56 charging stations to keep their vehicles juiced and ready to roll.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

What was the most fuel-efficient (mass-produced, internal combustion-powered, highway-legal, non-gray-market, four-wheeled, et freakin' cetera) new car available in the United States during the 1980s? The 1987 Sprint ER came in second place, due to its insatiable thirst for go-go juice on the highway (51 miles per gallon). per gallon.

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We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

Baua Electric

Arc is a very new company – it was founded in 2021 in Los Angeles, and is targeting the luxury boat market with high-powered electric boats. Wake boats need high power along with specialized control surfaces and ballast control to help make a large, surfable wake behind the boat.

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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The big takeaway: If you want a free charge station and are located in a program area (Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Sacramento, San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Bellevue/Redmond, Washington DC, Southern Michigan), raise your hand now. Free Juice Bar explicitly sells charge stations to offer free power.

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It’s 2010 – Are YOU Ready for The Greenius Decade?

Creative Greenius

In today’s environment it’s going to take a Creative Greenius to get that AB 811 program into the hearts and minds of the citizens of Los Angeles County. We need more juice than that to get things done in the Greenius Decade and I know precisely where to get it. Fortunately the Greenius Decade is here and so am I.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Now, power consumption is usually measured in kilowatt hours and this would be the number of kilowatts (a kilowatt is 1000 watts) consumed by a device, in the case of EV charging that would be the amount of power going into the batteries, in a one hour period. I like to use the example of someone driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.