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#electricify: 13,000 Villiages
The Indian Power Ministry, . . . has achieved the milestone of electrifying, . . . 13,000 villages. 4-1-2017 Source: Electricify: 13,000 villiages
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2,000 Electric Delivery Vans
"Picnic," a Dutch company, has reinvented grocery shopping. . . . Instead of having to go to a store, . . . one can order online using Picnic’s App, . . . after which your groceries will be delivered for free, . . . within a one-hour time-slot...
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French Energy Company
"Engie," a 200 years old, French giant, . . . is a truly global energy company, . . . with a presence in 70 countries. "EV-Box," is a global leader in the production of . . . EV Charging Stations, in the Netherlands. "EV-Box,"...
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#paris: Ev Shuttle Service
Vertical Elevator, . . . MiniBus, . . . Autonomous EV, or . . . Self-driving Car, . . . call them what you will, . . . they seem to be, . . . the wave of the future. 1-26-2017 Source: #Paris: EV Shuttle Service
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Zero Emission Vehicles
ALL . . . New Vehicles, . . . within 13 years, . . . will be entirely zero emission! 1-3-2017 Source: Zero Emission Vehicles
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Electric Robotaxis
Electric Robotaxis: . . . Olli the self-driving vehicle, . . . 3D printed, . . . Renewable Electric, and . . . Watson the cognitive system. Economy, Simplicity, and Flexibility. 1-2-2017 Source: Electric Robotaxis
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World’S Most Sophisticated Battery Systems
Intelligently controlled batteries, are best suited, . . . to smooth out short-term fluctuations in power supply, and demand, . . . quickly and precisely, enabling the integration of a much larger share of . . .. intermittent clean energy sources. 12...
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Electric Volkswagen Microbus
Electric Volkswagen Microbus concept, . . . with some degree of autonomous driving. . 12-15-2016 Source: Electric Volkswagen Microbus
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Ultracap: New Electric Car Battery
UltraCap, a new type of electric storage battery: . . . . . . Smaller, . . . . . . Lighter, . . . . . . .More Efficient than any of its predecessors, . . . . . . It will charge in minutes instead of hours, and . . . . . . There’s no chemicals involv...
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New England’S Largest Battery
Northfield Mountain's pumped storage hydroelectric station. . . . The generators are powered by this manmade mountaintop lake. “This facility here is capable of just under . . . 1,200 megawatts, so we’re good for well over a million homes.” Pumpi...
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John Deere's Electric Tractor
John Deere has released a video of an all-electric concept tractor, . . . in the lead-up to the SIMA Agribusiness show in France, . . . pointing the way toward a zero-local-emissions tractor product in the future.
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Where Are The Electric Pickup Trucks?
Lots of people use pickup trucks in their trade or business. . . . They haul rocks, gravel, building materials, and horse trailers. While electric motors have instant torque, and . . . are excellent at hauling heavy loads, .. . a battery large enough...
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90-Mw Battery System
15MW lithium-ion battery-based systems, . . . have been deployed in Germany: . . . . . . 1 = Bexbach, . . . . . . 1 = Fenne, . . . . . . 1 = Weiher, and . . . . . . 3 = North Rhine-Westphalia. The new battery systems, . . . will even out frequency flu...
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China: $8,000 Renault Electric Car
Renault's low cost electric car program is aiming for a price tag of $8,000 or less, . . . "If we are able to make this kind of breakthrough, . . . it's going to change the game," . . . Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said. 11-3-2016...
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Tesla Doubles Powerpack Energy Density
Powerpack 2.0 has doubled the energy density of the original Powerpack . . . 200 kWh per unit. . . . It also has a new energy module, and power electronics, . . . with the: . . . . . . Lowest cost, . . . . . . Highest efficiency, and . . . . . . Highes...
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Electric: 2017 Electra Meccanica Solo
Making EV ownership: . . . . . . Simple, . . . . . . Fun, and . . . . . . Affordable. Meet the Electra Meccanica SOLO. . . . Powered by an all-electric drivetrain, and . . . riding on 3 wheels, . . . a funky little city car. 9-14-2016 Source: Electri...
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Covalent Organic Frameworks
Northwestern University has figured out how to get, . . these delicate, super lightweight crystalline materials, that look like . . . nothing more than a pile of fluffy powder, to behave like a . . . battery, and super-capacitor, all in one. 8-29-201...
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Follow The Money: Utilities!
Oregon, Pacific Power, . . . predicted that a switch to renewables . . . would come with a fairly high cost, . . . hitting customers with a rate increase of . . . 0.8 percent PER YEAR through 2030. Oregon passed legislation that requires utilities, ....
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Solo: 3 Wheel Electric Vehicle
SOLO: 3 wheel Electric vehicle 8-8-2016 Source: Specs
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Ultracapacitor Market
Skeleton Technologies’ devices are the only ultracapacitor's to use a patented graphene-based material in their manufacture, allowing them to deliver . . . 2X the energy density, and . . . 5X the power density of their competitors. “We’ve gone fro...
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Bicycle: Copenhagen Wheel
Copenhagen Wheel Copenhagen Wheel is a near-silent electric wheel system 8-1-2016 Source: Bicycle: Copenhagen Wheel
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"comfortable" Electric Bike
With an upright riding position, . . . . . . plenty of power, and range, and . . . . . . premium components, the Canadian bike company Biktrix's, . . . new Stunner ebike promises to be an economical, and fun way to get around. 12-2-2015 Source:...
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Electric Vertical Take Off & Landing Commuting
A 2-seater with the: . . . . . . Convenience of a helicopter, . . . . . . Redundancy, Stability, and Reduced Noise of a 12-prop multirotor, . . . . . . Efficiency, and Low Maintenance of an Electric, and . . . . . . Top Speed closer to what fixed wings...
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