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Electric Car Tops Greenest Vehicle List for First Time in 12 Years
ACEEE - February 7, 2012 - With the auto industry back on its feet and fuel economy standards shifting into high gear, automakers provided American consumers with a huge array of vehicles and technologies to choose from in 2012. More...
California Agency Approves $11 Million Contract to CALSTART to Incentivize Sales of Electric and Hybrid Trucks
PASADENA, CA, Feb 01, 2012 -- MARKETWIRE - The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has selected CALSTART (www.calstart.org) for the third year in a row to manage the nation's largest incentive program for electric and hybrid trucks and buses. More...
Leviton and Ford Receive UL Certification for Focus Electric Home Charging Station
Leviton - Leviton, a leading global manufacturer of electrical devices, and Ford Motor Company today announced the new Ford Electric Vehicle (EV) Home Charging Station has achieved UL certification for UL 2231, UL 2251 and UL 2594. more...
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Follow Me - Electric Vehicles Take Off In Spain
GE Energy - Behind the general hustle and roaring aircraft engines at Spain's major airports there is to be found a growing vein of quietness. more...
Central Hudson Tests Plug-In Electric Hybrid Pick-Up Trucks
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation - Central Hudson received three Dodge Ram 1500 PHEV plug-in hybrid electric 4X4 pick-up trucks from Chrysler Corporation to test over a three-year period as part of a nationwide field study of electric vehicles. more...
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Life in the Fast Lane – Electric Vehicle Observations

Blogger Photo By Ben Lack -   Recently I had the opportunity to use a Nissan Leaf™ for several full days, a much more interesting exercise more...

Lithium-ion longevity

By Mark Wooldridge - ABB and partners to evaluate the reuse of the Nissan LEAF battery for commercial purposes - ABB, the leading power more...

USAGapp & USA Green Jobs now gets Energy Technical and on Smart Grid

Blogger Photo By Ron Vogt -   USA Green Jobs now & USAGAPP.com Gets Technical   Gasoline and crude oil prices are sky-high, if still below the more...

Other safety issues?

By Mark Wooldridge - Are electric cars losing their spark? - Rather than electrifying auto buyers, the plug-in car revolution is feeling more like more...

Ought to make power scheduling really "fun"

By Mark Wooldridge - Pad could lead to an electric car revolution - No fumbling around in the gloom trying to insert a plug more...
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Power Storage Advances from Unexpected Sources: Renewable Energy Storage Kicked Into High Gear

By James Cahalin
What do you think has a greater impact on society, a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport or a Tesla Roadster? Both have spectacular performance reviews, with the Super Sport setting top speed records. Both will turn more...
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Mobile Electrical Energy Storage and the Challenge for Chemistry

By Harry Valentine
As the market price of liquid fuels for the transportation sector increases, so does interest in alternative forms of propulsive energy. While various governments may provide research funding to such ends, there are numerous private more...
Filed Under Electric Vehicles

Solar Power for Electric Vehicles

By Harry Zervos
Most of the companies developing photovoltaics have been obsessed with reaching grid parity meaning competitiveness with conventional grid electricity generation which is often highly subsidized. more...
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Electric Vehicles but Not as We Know Them

By Peter Harrop
Electric vehicles use electricity wholly or partly for traction - making them go along. That encompasses an increasingly large variety of modes of travel by land, sea and air. Add to that fresh water. Electric more...
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The Best EV-ER

By Jason Jungreis
Let us suppose that, through a combination of forces including mileage or emissions requirements, fuel prices, and technology maturation, it becomes de rigour for vehicle manufacturers to focus their energies on electric vehicles with extended more...
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