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SDG&E to Test Mobile Smart Charging Device for Plug-ins

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San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA.

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Stellantis Patents Fake Engine Vibrations for EVs

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At its core, the ASE system utilizes a sophisticated setup that combines sensor technology with advanced signal processing. Granted, your author curses faulty tire pressure sensors, so there’s definitely some amount of bias present here.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Shai Agassi presented their new business model at Davos. In addition to Smart Grid City, another major EV/V2G initiative is unfolding. Email Neal.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. Which scheme wins may depend (in addition to financing hurdles) as much on our driving habits and patience as on advances in technology. EVs are as good as a technology as any of the others to support.

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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. At present, vehicle maker Modec [link] has a battery cassette which can be swapped in 15 minutes using a forklift.

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Al Muratsuchi Votes To Kill Community Choice Then Finds Out He Was Duped & Calls Me To Apologize

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They’re real good at cartoon style intimidation tactics but not real big on brain power in the STEM areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math for our modern era needs. . Very few other elected officials have the balls to do so. What a surprise! I’m sure the generous union health insurance will cover all the costs.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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This article discusses: (a) why the focus should have been on the transfer of proven renewable energy technology from developed to developing countries; and (b) how this technology transfer can be financed with currently available funds. To be sure, there are plenty of promising alternative technologies on the horizon.