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Personal: My Ongoing EV Adventure

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I used the one-pedal driving feature, where lifting on the accelerator generated power and slowed the car down. The post Personal: My Ongoing EV Adventure first appeared on Clean Fleet Report. Looking back, I cant remember much except that Bolty did a superb job. There should be even more attractive options by then.

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Make It Yours: The Best Ways to Personalize Your Electric Car

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With the right personal touches, you can turn your electric car into something that truly reflects your personality and style. Personalized/Private Plate The Ultimate Personal Touch Nothing says unique like personalized or private number plates. Add a personal message, your name, or a favorite image.

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Toyota to build prototype city of the future, powered by hydrogen fuel cells

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Called the Woven City , it will be a fully connected ecosystem powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The masterplan of the city includes the designations for street usage into three types: for faster vehicles only, for a mix of lower speed, personal mobility and pedestrians, and for a park-like promenade for pedestrians only.

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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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Sandia National Laboratories researchers recently delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. Because so much energy is lost turning steam back into water in the Rankine cycle, at most a third of the power in the steam can be converted into electricity.

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PG&E and Tesla launch virtual power plant pilot

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have launched a new pilot program that creates a virtual power plant (VPP) to help support electric grid reliability and save customers money. Virtual Power Plants. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Tesla Inc. Participating customers will receive compensation for the energy their Powerwalls discharge.

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BYD introduces fifth brand to focus on professional and personalized new energy vehicles

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BYD has introduced its fifth brand—Fang Cheng Bao—to meet the increasingly personalized needs of consumers by offering a series of unique and professional-grade new energy vehicle models. Fang Cheng Bao is a significant addition to BYD’s diversified brand matrix, following its Dynasty series, Ocean series, Denza, and Yangwang.

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The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law

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Lithography technology, and potentially the nearly trillion-dollar electronics industry, would stagnate unless we could create a powerful source of shorter-wavelength, EUV light. The task of achieving such a huge power increase was so daunting that I debated with my family about the wisdom of starting a career in EUV lithography.

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