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ZAP, Zhejiang Jonway Partner to Target China and Export EV Markets

Green Car Congress

ZAP hopes to leverage a stimulus from the government for plug-in forms of transportation. Zhejiang Jonway Auto is a subsidiary of Jonway Group, which has been a leader in the manufacturing of motorcycles, ATVs and related products for more than 20 years. The company recently began producing electric motorcycles and related vehicles.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Cleantech Group and Deloitte. incentives, and concerns over the electrical grid are slowing the electric. advocacy group Plug In America.&#. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. percent of $1.9 “There is.

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Major study concludes achieving EU 2050 transport decarbonization goals will require portfolio of advanced powertrains; fuel cells, battery-electric and plug-in hybrids

Green Car Congress

Industrial gas companies : Air Liquide, Air Products, The Linde Group. Industrial gas companies : Air Liquide, Air Products, The Linde Group. Fast charging may become widespread, but the impact on battery performance degradation over time and power grid stability is unclear. Total Raffinage Marketing. Wind : Nordex.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

And at the headquarters of Pacific Gas and Electric, utility executives are preparing “heat maps” of neighborhoods that they fear may overload the power grid in their exuberance for electric cars.&#. And local electrical grids may need reinforcement. And in Oregon, an advisory group is working on charging stations and related issues.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For the standard version, Tesla plans to use a battery that can recharge at a typical 220V outlet in about four hours. Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. I asked Mike Omotoso, J.D.