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How EV Connect Can Help With EV Fleet Management

EV Connect

It continues on through how you think about deployment — which cars have sufficient battery power available and where will they recharge along the route? And it affects questions of maintenance — you no longer need to worry about oil changes and similar maintenance, but how are you maximizing battery life and efficiency?

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ Slow Level 1 charging [ 11 ] should be used to recharge PHEVLER batteries whenever possible. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. BEVs have an ongoing problem with range anxiety. [

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. Always a pleasure to be part of IEEE. That means I'd have to recharge at least once. In the same way that making all of your PC parts and accessories work together initially was pretty lumpy.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. Always a pleasure to be part of IEEE. That means I'd have to recharge at least once. In the same way that making all of your PC parts and accessories work together initially was pretty lumpy.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Plans Saturn Vue PHEV-10.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The fuel engine on the Volt is used to run the generator to recharge the battery when a trip exceeds 40 miles, and it’s rage on a full tank is around 400 miles. Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. That… may take some doing on GMs part.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Think Global was formerly known as Think City, a prior Ford Motor Company ( F ) acquisition and part of a now-defunct Think division at Ford. The electricity for recharging has to come from somewhere, which means power plants. Think has also established partnerships in the U.S. with battery suppliers A123Systems and EnerDel Inc. (a