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USPS study shows V2G could speed internal investment return

We haven't heard anything about the 250 electric Chrysler Town and Country mini-vans joining the United States Postal Service (USPS) fleet since the Earth Day announcement but that doesn't mean sleet, snow or gloom of night has kept the mail peoples from considering the benefits that electric vehicles (EVs) may offer in the 21st century. Though the history of EVs delivering our mail stretches back to the beginning of the last century (check out this historical overview) and as recently as 2003, when a small fleet of electric Ford Rangers ... Read more →

Madison Gas & Electric to install EV charging network Sam Abuelsamid

Madison, Wisconsin is a fairly typical college town, a place with a fairly substantial population of people with progressive attitudes on many issues. That means it has more people who ride bikes, ...

Denmark to combine wind power with vehicle-to-grid in new tests Sam Abuelsamid

Denmark is one of the countries on the leading edge of pushing vehicle electrification. They were one of the first countries to hook up with Better Place to roll out a charging infrastructure. Now, ...

VIDEO: All aboard the Aptera tour with co-founder Steve Fambro Domenick Yoney

Josh, the Aptera 2e fan who has been recently hanging out in parking garages and generally going camera crazy in his quest to slake the thirst of his ApteraForum friends, hit the devotee ...

ECE delivers first electric VW Golf, 199 more to go Domenick Yoney

The guys over at Electric Cars Europe (ECE) have finished the gas-to-electric conversion of the first of 200 Volkswagen Golfs they've been tasked to prepare for the Dutch energy supplier, ENEXIS ...

Southeast electric utilities to test smart charging PHEV Priuses 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A pair of southeastern U.S. electric utilities will soon start testing a fleet of converted plug-in Toyota Priuses to evaluate a smart charging system. Duke Energy Carolinas and Progress Energy will be evaluating both cross utility charging and billing and vehicle-to-grid technology. The project ...

Boulder to become first Smart Grid City 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A while back we told you Excel energy was to conduct a study with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and others to asses what would happen if, using vehicle to grid (V2G) technology, you plugged thousands of PHEVs and different energy sources, such as solar and wind, into the grid and ...

VIDEO: PG&E's diesel hybrid electric service trucks, V2G plug-in hybrids 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

CNET's Green Enterprise video series (see video below) took a look at PG&E's hybrid electric service trucks and their vehicle-to-grid (V2G) plug-in hybrid cars. One cool clip shows PG&E's V2G hybrid putting energy back into the grid and turning the power meter backwards. The diesel electric ...

Xcel Energy will begin plug-in hybrid test with converted Ford Escapes before end of 2007 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Xcel Energy announced a plug-in hybrid test program today that will use six Ford Escape Hybrids converted to PHEV capability for a six-month period, starting before the year is out. The Escape PHEVs will be part of a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology demonstration in or near Denver (at least, that's ...

Electric cars could earn owner $500 a month 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

For AutoblogGreen's latest video round up we give you three interesting videos from AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2007. The video above is part of a panel discussion about electric cars with "Jessie Deeter, Producer, 'Who Killed the Electric Car?', Tom Gage, CEO, AC Propulsion, Gary Starr, Chairman, ZAP, Ian ...

Tesla, PG&E partner on "smart charging" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Tesla and PG&E have announced a partnership to research and develop vehicle to grid (V2G) technology. The focus of the research will be on Smart Charging. What's smart charging? If you don't know, let JB Straubel, Tesla's Chief Technology Officer explain: "Smart charging is a form of V2G in ...

Video: RMI's Hypercar a 100+ mpg SUV featuring Amory Lovins 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is all about the Rocky Mountain Institute's Hypercar broadcast as part of the Science Channel's Eco-tech series. The Hypercar is a 100 MPG SUV concept that achieves such high a MPG number by reducing waste. RMI designed the SUV to be built with light carbon fiber for example. Amory ...

New York Times: Honda says don't power your house with hybrids, buy a Honda generator 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Sunday New York Times writes about the Prius powering someone's house and the future potential of V2G or vehicle to grid. A Honda (shouldn't that be Toyota?) spokesperson shot down plans for hybrids powering homes responding; "We would not like to see stresses on the battery pack caused by ...

DOE, FERC fight over V2G on blog 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The first comment to Toyota's blog entry about the plugin hybrid tests was by... THE FERC! Jon Wellinghoff the commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or FERC. He wanted to know about V2G (vehicle-to-grid) considerations in the tests. Toyota was "VERY INTERESTED" In Jon's question, ...

V2G? PHEV? Just another green car day in Colorado 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

And you thought your car was cool because you can plug a DVD player into it. Hybrids Plus unveiled a Toyota Prius hybrid yesterday at Colorado State University that has been modified with plug-in technology. While current plug-in hybrids (PHEV, which are all after-market mods) can get amazing ...


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