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Univ. of Southampton researchers develop auction-based online pricing mechanism for more efficient management of EV charging

Green Car Congress

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are expected to place a considerable strain on local electricity distribution networks. In: The Tenth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS 2011), 2-6 May 2011, Taipei, Taiwan. Gerding, E., and Jennings, N. In Press).

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks.

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

While not quite V2G or V2H, the Ioniq 5 has a feature called Vehicle-to-Load charging, enabling the driver to plug other devices — like computers, electric bikes or camping equipment — into the 5, which can be recharged via the car’s battery with a total output of about 3.6 – March 1, via Reuters.

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A Brief Look at Today's Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry - Yahoo! Finance

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A Brief Look at Todays Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry Plug-in Hybrids: Vehicles of Tomorrow Monday April 20, 2009, 4:00 pm EDT Buzz up! Markets close in 5 hours and 43 minutes. Press Release Source: Floyd Associates, Inc.

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"Spirit of DC" Taking on Las Vegas EVA, Monday Eve, 24 November 2008

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

See below: "EVJerry" Asher brought the "Spirit of DC" Plug-In Toyota Prius to visit the Las Vegas Electric Vehicle Association (LVEVA) on Monday, November 24th. LiFeBATT USA distributes Lithium Iron Phosphate battery modules that are manufactured in Taiwan. A hydraulic lift assembly for the 300 lb.