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2021-11-01 Gridtractor Electric Farm Vehicles
Electrifying farm equipment and V2G, V2load. Pilot is in California. https://electrek.co/2021/11/01/gridtractor-launches-infrastructure-tool-for-zero-emission-farming-electric-tractors/
2021-11-01 Highway Where Trucks Work Like Electric Trains
Tom Scott takes us on a ride on a heavy truck that uses the overhead electric wires for most of the distance on highways. I remember when they converted from electric trolleys to electric buses in parts of Los Angeles. That was back in the ’50s and ’60s so this is not a new way
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2021-10-27 The Electric Grid Will Not Be Overloaded By EVs
From FB reply. Jeff Perry I call BS on your specious assertions. The electric grid will not have to be upgraded more than a third because the energy used by EVs is less than 1/3 of the energy of a fossil fuels car. There will no longer be drilling, refining, transporting and dispensing fossil fuels,
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2021-10-26 AI Replaced By Human Drivers – M $ Idea
Dojo whitepaper released by Tesla. Most people have little concept of what AI is; the myths that surround it are masking its abilities. The ironic thing is that we see huge amounts of money go into making a computer that will emulate a human, yet there billions of humans around who could do the same
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2021-10-08 Future Of Green Hydrogen
From FB group reply Troy Slavant Said, “hydrogen… Is more expensive than gasoline and always will be.” You’re right about the first half, green hydrogen is more expensive at this time. But it won’t be once the electrolysis plants are built. This is one example. Note the article mentions Japan, Korea, US, Germany. Note this
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2021-09-30 UK Law To Switch Off Chargers To Prevent Blackouts
This makes good sense. If the charger is V2G then it would already be under control of the grid. The chargers could be (and probably are) WiFi enabled so they could be enabled, disabled or controlled remotely by the utility. https://insideevs.com/news/537120/ev-chargers-switched-off-uk/
2021-09-29 Eviation Electric Airplane, 9 Passenger
This is not a one-off, experimental! It’s a production airplane. https://www.facebook.com/techinsider/videos/2299670866823849/
2021-09-24 Cal Makes Zero Emission Autonomous Vehicles Mandatory By 2030
California makes zero emission autonomous vehicles mandatory by 2030. Signed into law today. https://www.engadget.com/california-zero-emissions-autonomous-vehicles-2030-162009922.html
2021-09-22 Alternative Fuels Data Center, DoE
Nationwide average https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_emissions.html
