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History of the GEM Car and a Look at Its Future

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Global Electric Motorcars (GEM) has pioneered neighborhood electric vehicles (EVs), demonstrating a prosperous past and promising future. Local electric transportation What’s the GEM Car? While they look like golf carts, GEM’s electric cars stand out among small vehicles. What’s the GEM Car’s Future?

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Automakers whine about €15B fine they knew they’d risk for pushing gas cars

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If an automaker fails to meet this legal target, which was established in 2017 , it may have to pay a fine of €95 per gram of CO2 per car. Meanwhile, gas car sales actually are slowing (-2% in 2Q). Nobody’s making them spend the tens of billions they spend advertising gas cars to Europeans every year. km or lower.

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Waxman/Markey Bill Accelerates Infrastructure and Build-out for Plug-Ins, Calls for Harmonization of Motor Vehicle GHG Standards; 3% of Emissions Allowances for Cap-and-Trade Go to Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

2454 , The American Clean Energy and Security Act—which establishes a cap-and-trade program also contains a number of provisions for accelerating the deployment of a vehicle charging infrastructure and the manufacturing of plug-in electric drive vehicles. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure. Large scale electrification program.

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Final US mpg rules through 2031 go easy on gas trucks, SUVs

Baua Electric

As the International Energy Agency last week underscored, SUVs emit about 20% more CO2 than cars , whether they’re electric or not. The consumer organization Consumer Reports called them underwhelming and said that the NHTSA standards “only check the box on its legal requirement.” vehicle sales.

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I sold all my Tesla shares (TSLA), here’s why

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I invested in the stock mainly because I fully supported Tesla’s mission to accelerate the advent of electric transportation. Over the years, I had become a fan of electric vehicles, but I was clueless about how they could become mainstream until I read Elon Musk’s 2006 ‘Tesla secret master plan’. Not without hurdles, Tesla did it.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

Bright Automotive says it soon release an electric car with a 100 mile per gallon plus plug-in – and the company says it will keep the car economically priced. How can you quickly improve the performance of the battery in an electric car? Frank is on this list, I’m asking him if he’ll explain why this is. January 21, 2009.

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Pike Research forecasts worldwide grid energy storage spending to reach $22B by 2021, down from 2010 forecast of $35B

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Electric grids require balance in order to function properly. Energy storage technologies represent an alternative to traditional grid management using generation assets such as natural gas peakers to balance the grid by adding power to it. Earlier post.). Energy storage on the grid is reaching a turning point.