It’s a common question when projecting the impact of electric vehicles: can today’s creaky power grid handle millions of juice-hungry car batteries? The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on Thursday said it has developed a smart charger controller designed specifically for charging cars at off-peak times to get the … [...]
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Tesla Motors’ Elon Musk has a friend in David Letterman. Musk, the CEO and product architect of electric car maker Tesla Motors, was a guest on the “Late Show with David Letterman” Wednesday night. Also making an appearance on the set was the prototype Model S electric sedan, which made … [...] The Tesla Roadster. (Credit: Tesla Motors) If you love Paris and the environment, and you have a boatload of money, this could be your dream home. A real-estate company called Welcome in France is offering a free Tesla Roadster with every purchase of one of its homes in a new … [...] A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary. Home Green Home: Affordable Efficiency? – The New York TimesInteresting development in western Mass. to make superefficient and affordable homes. Heavy use of solar energy, of course, but here’s the best part: because the homes are so well insulated, they … [...] We had a random encounter with this hydrogen-powered F-Cell vehicle. (Credit: CNET) While out testing the very stylish Aston Martin DB9 Volante in the Santa Cruz Mountains recently, we ran across the car’s opposite, a Mercedes-Benz F-Cell research car. We caught up with the F-Cell (easily) and followed it to a vista point, where we cornered its [...] [...] (Credit: CNET) If you’re eager to see more of Tesla’s upcoming sedan, the Model S, tune in to “Late Show with David Letterman” on Wednesday night. Tesla CEO Elon Musk will be a guest on the show, using the platform to tout his company and the promise of … Originally posted at The Car Tech blog [...] With the goal of reducing the production of greenhouse gases, California regulators on Thursday pushed the state toward the adoption of automotive fuels that use less carbon. The state’s Air Resources Board said that by 2020, the new regulation will staunch greenhouse gas emissions from California’s transportation fuels … [...] Ecotality is in talks with leading automakers–not only Nissan–concerning its electric charging stations for highway-legal electric cars, according to CEO Jonathan Read. “We have been contacted by every major automaker about electric vehicle systems relating to charging and infrastructure. We expect to convert these discussions into firm contracts,” Read told … Originally posted at Planetary Gear [...] |
 
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