The Truth About Cars

APRIL 25, 2023

As of now, government subsidies are helping to ease the financial burden of installing EV charging stations. But they likewise cannot become as useful as combustion-engine vehicles without the ability to recharge quickly on the go — hence the nationwide push to build more dedicated charging points. This is largely unavoidable.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Rove has maintained flexibility on these chargers too, and may install different heads on the charging cables as the market evolves. Gelson’s is calling the concept “ReCharge by Gelson’s,” and it’s the first store of this type the company has opened. It’s free, with no sales calls until you choose an installer.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and UK company Elektromotive, a provider of electric vehicle recharging stations, are collaborating in the Partnership for Zero-Emission-Mobility, with the aim of accelerating the installation of charging networks for plug-in vehicles in cities. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Following the launch of the Soul EV ( earlier post ) late last year in California, along with sales beginning in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii earlier this year, Kia Motors America (KMA) is expanding availability of its fully charged urban runabout into four new states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The largest PV installation in Georgia. Install photovoltaic capacity to generate “green” hydrogen: Install multiple PV modules at its Central Maintenance Facility in Hayward. The project includes quick-charging stations at this terminal layover in route to recharge bus batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2009

Through physical infrastructure deployments and streamlined installation processes, the Tucson region will be an attractive launch market not just for Nissan’s electric vehicle, but all grid-connected vehicles.” Colleen Crowninshield, manager of PAG’s Clean Cities Program. Jonathan Read, president and CEO, ECOtality. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2011

The current installed capacity of 10.7 GW of installed capacity, and seven countries represent 88% of the world market. The world’s total installed geothermal capacity in 2010 was 10.7 Under a more conservative business-as-usual forecast scenario, Pike estimates that geothermal power capacity could increase 34% to 14.3

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Several thousand Leafs made in Japan will be delivered to metropolitan areas in California, Arizona, Washington state, Oregon and Tennessee. But success or failure could turn on more mundane matters, like the time it takes car buyers to navigate a municipal bureaucracy to have charging stations installed in their homes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

According to Toyota, one of the things they discovered during the demo program was that the battery packs responded better if they were allowed to rest prior to recharging.). The compact Li-ion battery pack is installed under the rear luggage area. A charge timer allows you to set charge start and finish time.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) has selected AeroVironment to manufacture, supply, install and operate a network of nine fast-charging stations for electric vehicles along Interstate 5 and US 2. Combined, the two projects will connect Washington drivers along the entire 276 miles of I-5 between Canada and Oregon.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

Most electric-car makers are working under the assumption that once the battery runs down, cars will recharge at home rather than on the road – limiting the cars to short distances. Nissan has teamed up with AeroVironment and eTec, firms that specialize in installing public charging stations. “That’s going to be tough.&#.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2011

When complete, the network will enable electric vehicle drivers to travel 276 miles of I-5 between Washington’s borders with Oregon and Canada. The technology provides a 30-minute recharge for all-electric cars such as the Nissan Leaf and Mitsubishi i-MiEV. AeroVironment is installing six stations along I-5, three stations along U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

which will install 61 DC fast chargers at 41 sites along major routes on Interstate 5, Highway 99 and Highway 101. Recargo plans to install a minimum of one 50 kW charger plus one Level 2 station at each of the eight sites. In two of the locations, Recargo will also install an additional 50 kW charger. EV Connect Inc.;

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

I was a big part of building the first-of-its-kind—at least in the Western world that we knew of—heavy-duty charging site in Portland, Oregon. If we’re going to hit the numbers we need to hit for fleet adoption, we need as many places for those vehicles to recharge as possible. Rustam Kocher: It is. It’s called Electric Island.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Mitsubishi recently hosted a media Ride & Drive attended by GCC using production prototypes of the North American spec i-MiEV recently in Portland, Oregon—one of the company’s key initial target markets due to the city’s aggressive moves to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association / Salem Electric PHEV Escape by Hybrids Plus , Sept 25, 2007, (Salem, Oregon). Austin Energy by Hymotion, March 2007 Same as above (2 vehicles), contact mark.kapner@austinenergy.com. Contact Roger Kuhlman, PE. Full size photo. AutoShare , Prius, Hymotion, September 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars.

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