The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2024

Even as a committed car guy, I have to admit that the idea isn't terrible. I like that my neighborhood is walkable -- one of the worst parts of living in the 'burbs was firing up the car to drive to the store and then killing the engine before it could even warm up, since the store was so close.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Scottish inventor John Logie Baird had a lot of ingenious ideas, not all of which caught on. Baird’s starting point was an idea for an “electric telescope,” patented in 1885 by German engineer Paul Nipkow. By 1926, Farnsworth had secured enough financial backing to work full time on his idea. As Donald F.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Hundreds of thousands of Pong sets were distributed through the department store Sears. Pong was not the first video game, nor the first table-tennis video game, nor the first home video game, and yet it was the one that introduced millions of children and their parents to the idea of video gaming. But was Pong fun?

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EV Adoption

JUNE 12, 2022

While I was aware of this trend — I see it loud and clear in my own neighborhood — I hadn’t realized how wide-spread this trend actually was in the US. In my own neighborhood I see several EV drivers with long cables from Level 2 chargers in the garage, and extension cords presumably from a 120 Volt outlet. Volker, Calvin G.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

Their initial idea was that garaged vehicles would have a two-way computer-controlled connection to the electric grid, which could receive power from the vehicle as well as provide power to it. In 2007, Berg landed a contract to install rooftop solar at a local school, with the idea to set up a microgrid. This is good for the grid.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

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. Charged : In California there’s been some backlash to the idea of utilities being charging operators. Factor at a rate of 0.33

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Setec Powerr

APRIL 26, 2022

You have to drive through strange neighborhoods and try to locate chargers in vast parking lots where GPS is known to drop out of service. The stored battery power is then available to recharge electric vehicles that plug into the container. Another side can be expanded with some businesses like a coffee shop or a small store.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2024

The Digital Premium package through the BMW Operating System 9 will include access to its ConnectedDrive store with third-party apps. The Platform Beyond Vehicle idea is not new (Nissan tried it years ago with the Pulsar), but actually doing it is making a bold statement from Kia.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 22, 2024

PRIYA KRISHNA 1914 East Sixth Street, Suite C; 512-706-9119; canjeatx.com East Austin | Bakery Hidden in an unassuming building in a residential neighborhood is the concha-meets-funfetti-pastry fever dream that is Comadre Panadería. And plan on at least one order of the buttery Guyanese-style roti per person. But you didn’t think of it.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The sister show to Micromobility Europe , this year’s North American conference moved to Southern California, bringing to Costa Mesa an array of just about every type of micromobility device you could imagine, from e-bikes, e-scooters and fully-fledged electric motorcycles to four-wheeled neighborhood electric vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Another strikingly different concept evidenced by the PHEV is that it is essentially a large, portable battery that can store energy gathered during one part of the day, and then use it later to power not only itself but also the vehicle owner’s home. And even greater ranges can be expected soon. One PHEV company, Efficient Drivetrains Inc.,

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