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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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Park City has launched a fully electric bike-share program
The Miami Herald
2017-07-23
Park City has launched one of the country's first fully electric bike-share programs. City officials say...
 
General Electric chief's departure marred by oil slump
Irish Independent
2017-07-23
In his final days atop General Electric Co, Jeffrey Immelt still can't throw off oil's stink. In his farewell earnings report, the chief executive officer ended his 16-year tenure by telling Wall...
 
Governmental delegation inspects work on al-Baath University’s power substation
Inside Syria Media Centre
2017-07-23
Prime Minister Imad Khamis, accompanied by a governmental delegation, inspected on Saturday work on al-Baath University’s power substation in al-Shammas neighborhood in Homs city. The plant, which...
 
UP govt distributes free electricity connections
The Times of India
2017-07-23
LUCKNOW: UP government on Sunday distributed over 86,000 free electricity connections to consumers of Below Poverty Line (BPL) and some of those in the Above Poverty Line (APL) category. The...
 
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Wind of change is blowing through energy sector
China Daily
2017-07-19
Coal mining has become a way of life for Inner Mongolia but a new wave of green energy is about to change that. Bu Xiaolin, chairman of North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, talked with...
 
In this Monday, April 25, 2016, file photo, a man sits behind the steering wheel of a Tesla Model S electric car on display at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing. Federal officials say the driver of a Tesla S sports car using the vehicle’s “autopilot” automated driving system has been killed in a collision with a truck, the first U.S. self-driving car fatality.
Tesla will survive — but still won't rule the electric-car future
Business Insider
2017-07-15
What does this mean for Tesla financially? Well, it actually suggests that the carmaker's market cap isn't totally out whack, as long as it doesn't grow much beyond $50 billion-ish levels in the...
 
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What it’s like to drive a Formula E electric race car down the streets of Brooklyn
Digital Trends
2017-07-13
Formula E electric racing is coming to New York City. Jaguar Panasonic Racing gives us the lowdown on what it’s like to race electric cars, and what to expect from Formula E’s Brooklyn doubleheader....
 
NASA's SDO Watches a Sunspot Turn Toward Earth
Massive hole 75,000 miles wide appears on the sun and it could affect Earth
Metro
2017-07-13
The hole that has appeared on the surface of the sun is actually growing A huge hole has emerged on the surface of the sun and it could actually affect us here on Earth. It is 74,560 miles wide and...
 
Faraday Future global chief brand and commercial officer Marco Mattiacci speaks at a LeEco event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016.
Electric car maker scraps plans for $1 billion Nevada plant
The Tribune San Luis Obispo
2017-07-11
An electric car maker deserted its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada in a move experts say could spell trouble for the company and the ......
 
Fire at Los Angeles receiving station leaves 140,000 with no power
Fire at Los Angeles receiving station leaves 140,000 with no power
DNA India
2017-07-09
A fire at a receiving station in Los Angeles left 140,000 residents without power on Saturday after a second straight day marked by temperatures...
 
File - New York State Troopers stand at the main entrance of the Indian Point nuclear power plant Saturday May 9, 2015, after a transformer failed at New York's Indian Point 3 nuclear power plant, causing a fire that has been extinguished in Buchanan, N.Y.
Homeland Security and FBI: Russian Hackers Targeting Nuclear Facilities
WorldNews.com
2017-07-07
In a joint report from the FBI and Homeland Security Department, there were details about how since May, hackers were targeting computer networks of companies that operate nuclear power stations and...
 
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., talks about the Model X car at the company's headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015, in Fremont, Calif.
Tesla to build world's largest lithium ion battery in Australia
BBC News
2017-07-07
The Tesla-built battery, paired with a Neoen wind farm, will operate around the clock and be capable of providing additional power...
 

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