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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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Tokyo Electric's ex-president to join Fuji Oil as outside board member
Japan Times
2012-06-02
Oil explorer AOC Holdings Inc. says Masataka Shimizu, a former president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., will become an outside board member at its group firm Fuji Oil Co....
 
Great River Turbine is a Gigantic Hydroelectric Energy Generator
Inhabitat
2012-06-02
The great river turbine is a conceptual design for a large (one hundred foot diameter) stainless steel water turbine developed to function as a tourist attraction and as a powerful electricity...
 
Are You Electric listings
Skiddle
2012-06-02
Are You Electric Saturday playing La Roux Prodigy, Snoop Dog, Oasis, Faithless, The Verve, James, Arctic Monkeys, The Kooks, The Beatles, The Killers Date: Saturday 2nd June 2012 Venue: The Venue...
 
Eaton Acquires Gycom’s Electrical Low-Voltage Power Distribution, Control and Automation Business, Expanding in The Nordic Region
Seeking Alpha
2012-06-02
CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (ETN) today announced it has acquired Gycoms electrical low-voltage power distribution, control and automation...
 
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Standards for electric vehicle charging stations in the works
The Star
2012-05-29
KUALA LUMPUR: The Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry is working on introducing standards for companies that want to set up charging stations for electric vehicles in future. Minister Datuk...
 
A home in between the trees - home surrounded by big trees to protect from heat
Your home guide to beat the heat
The Times of India
2012-05-29
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetYour home guide to beat the heat (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images) There are many ways to take the hot with the cool in an Indian summer. For starters: go green. Appropriate...
 
A car on a empty road at night was seen sporting headlamp to get better vision and avoid accident.
Eskom battles to keep the lights on
Independent online (SA)
2012-05-27
It is five o’clock in the evening and the computer dials at the nerve-centre of state electricity firm Eskom are cranking towards the red as millions of people get home and turn on their...
 
In this photo taken Friday, Dec. 2, 2011, a parking station for the Autolib' electric car-share scheme is seen on a street in Paris.
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San Francisco Chronicle
2012-05-26
A $122 million deal California officials struck with a company to install electric vehicle charging stations across the state came under fire Friday when a competing firm sued to block the agreement,...
 
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Konkan, east Vidarbha free of power cuts
DNA India
2012-05-24
The state electricity distribution utility's decision to do away with loadshedding in areas with high collection and low distribution losses has put a smile on many faces in the Konkan region and the...
 
Headquarters of Tesla Motors Inc., located in Palo Alto, CA, USA
Tesla to launch electric sedan in US on June 22
PhysOrg
2012-05-22
Several customers will receive their cars that day at an invitation-only event at the Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, said the company created in 2003 by Elon Musk, a co-founder of PayPal and...
 
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Jalna has highest power distribution loss at 83%, Bhandup lowest
DNA India
2012-05-16
While Jalna in Marathwada accounts for the highest quantum of distribution and commercial losses (DCL) in Maharashtra's power distribution sector - a massive 83% - the Bhandup division has the lowest...
 
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Honda's electric car like a bicycle on a vacuum
The Daily Telegraph Australia
2012-05-16
HONDA unveiled its latest electric vehicle, but it is unlike any of the cars and motorcycles the company is best known for. Rather, the UNI-CUB single-seat, unicycle-like vehicle looks something like...
 

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