Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

Toyota, the automaker arguably best positioned and most experienced in the ways of electric drive, has scarcely hidden its intention to go slow on plug-ins while touting small incremental mileage gains on the gasoline-only Prius and the green glitz of an optional solar roof. But their dreams haven’t yet been sunk. Such as the $1.1

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

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. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. 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.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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