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Google builds largest EV charging network for electric vehicles

Google has stated that it is counting itself as the largest electric-vehicle charging station operator in the United States with new and faster Level 2" chargers installed at its headquarters in Mountain View, California. The new installation will bring in the total capacity of charging points to 200 chargers with 250 on their way. Moreover, Google is also including new generation of plug-in vehicles in its Gfleet car sharing program along with expanding its EV charging infrastructure. READ MORE »

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People who have been without electricity on and off for the past two weeks protest by blocking the road outside their apartment buildings in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013.
Argentina, Uruguay suffer massive power blackout
Deutsche Welle
2019-06-16
A massive, power-grid failure has left both Argentina and Uruguay without electricity. The outage has affected around 50 million people across the two countries in the south of South America. ......
 
Logo of the Volkswagen car manufacturer during the annual shareholders meeting of the Volkswagen stock company in Hannover, Germany, Wednesday, May 10, 2017
VW drives closer to a Ford alliance on electric cars
Gulf News
2019-06-13
Frankfurt: Volkswagen AG is nearing a deal to cooperate with Ford Motor Co. on electric car technology and self-driving vehicles, prompting ChEO Herbert Diess to call for a faster transformation of...
 
The logo of the German car manufacturer Audi is pictured on a Audi e-tron prior to the annual press conference in Ingolstadt, Germany, Thursday, March 14, 2019.
Audi recalls its electric SUV over battery fire risk
Crunch
2019-06-10
Audi today issued a voluntary recall in the U.S. for the E-Tron SUV due to the risk of battery fire. An Audi spokesperson told Bloomberg that no fires had...
 
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Electric scooter company Bird will soon launch these weird 2-seater electric bikes
Boing Boing
2019-06-04
Santa Monica, California-based mobility startup Bird this week unveiled its new Bird Cruiser, an electric bike with a 52-volt battery and LCD screen that seats two riders. The new shared-vehicle...
 
In this July 12, 2018 photo, a laborer from the Puerto Rico Power Authority works to restore power in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's electrical grid is still shaky after Hurricane Irma brushed past the island as a Category 5 storm last Sept. 6 and then Hurricane Maria made a direct hit as a Category 4 storm two weeks later, damaging up to 75 percent of transmission lines. (AP Photo/Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo)
Ireland, France Agree To Bypass Britain's Electricity By Building New Underwater Cable
WorldNews.com
2019-05-28
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and French President Emmanuel Macron signed a letter on Tuesday which agreed to construct a new 500-kilometer electricity cable which will bypass Britain and connect...
 
This image provided and posted by the Ohio Department of Transportation, early Tuesday, May 28, 2019, shows crews on Interstate 75 north of Dayton, Ohio, working to clean debris.
Tornadoes leave trail of destruction across Ohio and Indiana
Belfast Telegraph
2019-05-28
A rapid-fire line of tornadoes has torn across Indiana and Ohio. The twisters were packed so closely together that one crossed the path carved by another. The storms strew debris so thick that at one...
 
5 July 2011, Combined heat and power solar installation on barn roof in Western Europe 3, Selm, Germany.
India investing more money in solar power than coal for first time
The Independent
2019-05-20
A whopping 74 per cent of India’s electricity generation comes from coal-fired power plants, and coal use in the country continues to increase, but we may be seeing the beginning of the end of coal’s...
 
Fernando Alonso during automobile race Indianapolis 500
Alonso hit with electrical issues in Indy 500 practice
GP Blog
2019-05-15
The problem forced the Spaniard to spend much of his time on the track massively down on power. He ended the session 32nd of 39 runners. His top speed on the opening day was just 224.162 miles per...
 

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