Lotus Engineering released a study which looks at the benefits of reducing weight for automobile efficiency and performance. The engineering firm cut the weight of a Toyota Venza by 38%, resulting in a 23% reduction of fuel consumption. The study concludes that such weight reduction could be implemented across the industry by the 2020 production [...]
The ISO/RTO Council has released an excellent report on PEV penetration, its effect on the grid, and expected ancillary services.
Introduction
“The arrival of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) to the North American light vehicle market marks the first time since the earliest days of the automotive industry that electricity could be considered a major transportation fuel. [...]
The Department of Energy has put together an excellent, constantly-updated list of all the federal and state incentives and laws for alternative fuel vehicles. It has a good search and filtering system so EV incentives can easily be singled out.
In addition, Plug In America has created a great, easy-to-read, incentive chart.
Frost and Sullivan recently held a webinar on a survey they held about EV early adoption. The webinar was called “Automakers Braving to Launch Electric Vehicles to Skeptic U.S. Consumers -Who will be the Early Adopters, and will their Needs and Expectations be Met?” The presentation covers the survey and concludes with these points:
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UL has several standards that cover EV charging systems from the wall all the way to the charger in the vehicle. Installing UL-approved equipment is a definite PGR best-practice to aid in the fastest implementation of charging hardware. These are listed below.
Update 5/20/2010
To see what products have been UL certified. Go the UL Online Certifications [...]
The NATFC offers training and classes in alternative fuel topics. They will soon be offering training for first responders to alternative fuel accidents, including electric vehicle accidents. PGR recommends all its cities create a program to help train first responders to alternative drive vehicles and the NATFC is a great please to start.
Many leading cities and regions are asking ‘where can we get funding for our plug-in initiatives?’. To learn more about funding opportunities click on the title above or
click here to download the full list.
View a list of companies active in the plug-in space. Please keep in mind, this list is meant to expand!
Project Get Ready Cities follow a general three step process in taking action to accelerate the adoption of plug-in vehicles in their communities.
Click on the image to view the overview.
