Electric Vehicles
In January 2008, led by John E. Waters, Bright Automotive launched from RMI with the goal of building on the work of a consortium of organizations, including Alcoa, Google.org, Johnson Controls and the Turner Foundation.
The Bright IDEA is a brand-new, 100 miles per US gallon (2.4 L/100 km; 120 mpg) plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) fleet vehicle It has launched Bright eSolutions to consult on engineering, design, powertrain, battery technology and plug-in hybrid conversion technology services. Bright Automotive has announced its first conversion contract: the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) to convert military non-combat vehicle into a parallel PHEV for evaluation, including V2G testing.
Advanced Energy, in partnership with Rocky Mountain Institute has announced a Request for Information (RFI) for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) specific to charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles (EV).
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“Remember dancing in
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Remember?
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and beware.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Only by the supernatural is a man strong; nothing is so weak as an egotist. Nothing is mightier than we, when we are vehicles of a truth before which the state and the individual are alike ephemeral.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)