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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

Similar mismatches between climate policy desires and an energy infrastructure incapable of supporting those policies will play out across not only in the United States but elsewhere in one form or another over the next two decades as conversion to EVs and electric appliances moves to scale. million miles of power lines.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

Thomas is only 18 miles long, so range anxiety is not an issue. People feel more comfortable buying a car they know can be serviced and repaired.” I was at a trade fair and I saw this little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). It was a Polaris GEM , it ran at 25 miles per hour (mph). It was a great island vehicle.

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

If someone only spends $100 with me yearly to charge their vehicle at one of my high-speed chargers, I’m still probably going to see in the neighborhood of an additional $400 or $500 in home charging. So, looking at the whole picture, every EV that OUC helps to put in place represents 1,200 miles of driving. Factor at a rate of 0.33

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Where Can I Buy One? 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol. Learn About Plug-ins What Are Plug-ins? Real Life EV Stories A Case for Electricity Plug In America Positions Energy Policy Frequently Asked Questions About Plug-in Buses Who Killed the Electric Car? 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? Newsletter Vol. htm Advocates of the Th!

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. The project will include the purchase and conversion of 283 alternative fuel vehicles for numerous fleets including taxis, cities, schools, and delivery vehicles. Total DOE award: $12,975,388.

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How ridesharing can help solve the challenge of urban EV ownership

Charged EVs

Because rideshare vehicles log so many miles, electrifying them can deliver outsize emissions reductions—and drivers for the likes of Lyft and Uber will need strategically located urban charging hubs. You have AC-to-DC conversion happening within that one unit. Q&A with Revel COO Paul Suhey. It’s 50 kW, 75 kW, that’s it.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

Most of us just did our own conversions. Either that, or we’d buy one from someone else who did,” he said. But there are others of us who still have an interest in the conversion aspect and the more technical end of things.” David McNeil’s electric conversion 1971 AMC Hornet. They want to know what their car will do.