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Car “charging treasure”: the third option besides charging piles and battery replacement

Setec Powerr

What if you do accidentally run out of battery while you’re out and about and can’t find a place to recharge it? Well, there is now a “takeaway” charging service that just provides a power bank-style power supply. The need for public charging stations in much of the U.S.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. They’re Coming Soon Than Predicted. [Ed.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

While OEMs and utilities continue to define and refine hardware standards and communication protocols for smart charging, a tremendous amount of work needs to be done in preparing both the grid and the process to accommodate the expected influx of plug-ins, and to make the process as easy as possible for consumers. —Peter Darbee.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips.

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Volkswagen’s MEB for EVs: long electric range, open-platform, open-space, pricing for the volume market; “tablet on wheels”

Green Car Congress

The powertrain packaging decisions may be simpler (skateboard battery pack, motor drive unit, power electronics), but the complexity of the connectivity, HMI (human-machine interface) and autonomy technologies may be greater, given Volkswagen’s intent to deploy an open platform. The charging will improve. Earlier post.).

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years. Like this post?

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The Solangelist Learns To Install Solar & Loves It

Creative Greenius

Time after time Scott would would offer us the “by the book&# lesson and then add his personal experience lessons with working examples from his on-the-job history. that’s the Chinatown movie star DWP, and for my buddy Richard up in San Francisco it’s PG&E. Who deserves that more than me?

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