Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e.,

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Plug in America

JULY 21, 2023

EVs are Better for the Environment Over the course of their lifetimes , EVs generate less than half of the GHG emissions of comparable gasoline-powered vehicles. This includes all of the resources used in manufacturing the vehicle, the battery, and powering the vehicle. In addition, electricity in the U.S.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The idea of instantly fixing any number of grid issues by just flipping a switch and turning on a bunch of internet-capable grid-tied distributed power storage devices is extremely exciting. Electrek’s Take For us EV nerds, V2G has been a dream for a long time. Yes, really). Yes, really). It’s… utopian.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And, you have to recognize that they pull a hell of a lot of power through the local grid: there will come a time when we will see utility transformers popping from all the current being drawn (imagine just a few dozen EVs fast-charging simultaneously, on 480V at 500A: wow). Progress in technology will allow to retrofit step by step.

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