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Tesla proposes deal to help Palo Alto upgrade SRP’s electric infrastructure

Teslarati

Tesla’s new engineering HQ is part of Palo Alto’s Stanford Research Park, which has been home to many influential tech companies since 1951. Tesla proposes to help the city rebuild a substation at 3350 Hanover St near Page Mill Road, where the automaker plans to build its new engineering headquarters.

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Recap: Exhibiting at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo and Honoring Our Customers

EV Connect

Among 200 clean vehicle and fleet exhibitors, EV Connect shared our robust clean vehicle fleet solution platform with close to 8,000 clean tech conference attendees. Having partnered with since 2014, Caltrans has over 300 connectors at 37 sites powering their light duty fleet in their maintenance and construction stations.

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Tech: Does Lidar Impact EV Efficiency?

Clean Fleet Report

Tech: Does Lidar Impact EV Efficiency? Drivers in neighborhoods or cities could see a 5-15% exertion on their battery. Waymo is using lidar and other ADAS tech on the street Lidar continually informs the vehicle how much energy it uses to power its sensors. Luckily, these early studies looked mainly at rooftop-mounted devices.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

Professor Deepak Divan , the director of the Center for Distributed Energy at Georgia Tech, says his team found that in residential areas “multiple L2 chargers on one distribution transformer can reduce its life from an expected 30 to 40 years to 3 years.” trillion in capital, operations, and maintenance costs by 2035.

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Rapid Deployment Keeps Stillwater Capital Multifamily Project on Schedule

EV Connect

High-end, tech-savvy tenants are likely to own or be interested in EVs, making charging stations an essential amenity. Plan for Maintenance: Opt for a comprehensive service plan that covers parts and labor, such as EV Connect Shield. Identify the Need: Understand your tenant base and their needs.

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The lowly refuse truck offers the perfect use case for electrification

Charged EVs

Q&A with Mack Trucks’ Scott Barraclough Most followers of tech trends probably think of electric vehicles as luxury performance cars, but here at Charged , we get just as excited about commercial vehicles. Again, it really depends, but in the neighborhood of between 70 and 100 miles. That can extend your range by 20%, 30%.

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

Also, it’s a maintenance issue. For those vehicles, maintenance is key. So maintenance and uptime is really key and electric vehicles are better for that in this market. The hydraulics in those vehicles are usually the number-one maintenance problem, so they are eliminating one of the biggest problems. Garbage trucks.