Honda Smart Home Points California To 2020 ZNE Goal

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Honda breaks ground on a smart home that will charge the car and still be zero net energy, meeting California's ambitious goal for 2020 residential buildings. Read more →

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SD Zoo Solar-To-EV System Is The Real Deal

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San Diego's zoo gets a super-smart solar-to-EV charging system, able to operate independent of the grid, store power, send excess power to the grid or use grid power. Read more →

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45 Fisker Karmas Charge At Once, Dutch Grid Survives

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Fisker sets a "world record," gathering 45 Karma electric vehicles in the Netherlands to plug in and charge. Read more →

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Battery-Swapping Aussie EV Sets 24-Hour Record: 1,170 Miles

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An Australian consortium uses Better Place battery-switching technology on their homegrown EV, and it sets an unofficial 24-hour electric driving record. Read more →

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Why Electric Car Charging Should Be Like Mobile Phone Roaming

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Green Car Reports floats the idea that electric car charging companies, much like cell phone network operators, need to collaborate to make it easy for consumers to charge their EVs. Read more →

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London’s EV Push Backs Home Chargers

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A joint initiative between British Gas and London Mayor Boris Johnson will offer grants to electric vehicle owners to set up charge points in their homes. Read more →

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Mitsubishi i Hooks Up With AeroVironment Charger

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Mitsubishi Motors has teamed up with AeroVironment to offer discounts on home charging systems to those who reserve their 2012 Mitsubishi i by April of this year. Read more →

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GreenCharge iPhone App Delivers EV Battery Info

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Xatori, the developer of the mobile app PlugShare, today releases GreenCharge, an Apple device app that gives users real-time EV battery status info. Read more →

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Sears Goes Cordless With Evatran

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Sears has signed an agreement with Virginia-based Evatran to install their Plugless Power cordless electric vehicle (EV) charging system in consumers’ homes. Read more →

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EVs And The Grid Learn To Get Along

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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory releases a testing model for optimizing electric vehicles to share power with emerging smart grids. Read more →

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