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Electric vehicle-to-grid network arrives in Newark, DE

Newark, DE has gotten the green light for one of the first two-way Vehicle to Grid infrastructure. Sponsored by a $730,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, the project helps the state and the University of Delaware to purchase specially-equipped cars (retrofitted versions of the Scion xB) which would get electricity from the local utility and give back some of it when the car is parked and plugged in. Of course, a handful of cars aren't enough to make any dramatic impact on the grid, but regional grid manager believes that a thousand ... Read more →

Short run for Chrysler hybrids? Newark DE plant to close Dec. 31, 2008 Sam Abuelsamid

Electric vehicle-to-grid network arrives in Newark, DE 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Short run for Chrysler hybrids? Newark DE plant to close Dec. 31, 2008 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Chrysler has announced this morning that it's moving up the closing of its Newark, DE assembly plant. The closure was originally announced in February 2007 and was planned to happen later in 2009. Instead, the plant will be shuttered effective December 31, 2008. Newark is the home of the Chrysler ...

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