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Category: Electric Vehicles

EV drivers

For Rural Drivers, EVs Can Cost 1.5 Cents/Mile. Gas: 20 Cents/Mile

August 29, 2025
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 |  bidirectional charging, Electric Vehicles

For rural drivers, electric vehicles (EV) can cost as little as 1.5 cents/mile, compared to 20 cents/mile for gas cars, according to Steve Gutmann, co-founder […]

resilience hubs

Solar & EV ITC Phaseout to Hurt Black Church’s Resilience Hub Plans

August 18, 2025
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 |  bidirectional charging, clean energy, distributed energy, Electric Vehicles

The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church has ambitious plans to build 18 resilience hubs–and eventually up to 482. Churches will be offered a menu of […]

Clean Energy Today Preview

Clean Energy Today Podcast Preview

June 5, 2025
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 |  clean energy, Electric Vehicles, solar energy

In this episode of my new Clean Energy Today podcast, I give you a preview of some of the topics I’ll cover. Listen here: I […]

microgrids

Microgrids Past and Present: Podcast Interview

May 29, 2025
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 |  clean energy, distributed energy, Electric Vehicles, energy storage, microgrids, solar energy

In 2014, Elisa Wood, Kevin Normandeau and I co-founded Microgrid Knowledge, a news site about microgrids and distributed energy. In 2022, we sold the news […]

Clean Energy Today podcast

New Podcast: Clean Energy Today

May 25, 2025
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 |  clean energy, distributed energy, Electric Vehicles, energy storage, microgrids, solar energy, wind power

I just launched a new podcast, Clean Energy Today. For the podcast I’m interviewing innovators, businesses and consumers shaping the clean energy transition. Follow the […]

bidirectional electric school bus

A School Bus that Can Help During Power Outages, Reduce Pollution

April 15, 2024
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 |  clean energy, distributed energy, Electric Vehicles

In the disadvantaged community of Odell, Oregon a group of organizations wants to create a community resilience center during power outages using a bidirectional electric […]

Vehicle-to-Grid project

How Can Your Electric Vehicle Earn You Money with Vehicle-to-Grid Technology?

January 6, 2024
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 |  clean energy, Electric Vehicles

Your electric vehicle (EV) can earn you money with vehicle-to-grid technology, which allows your EV to feed power back to the grid through bidirectional charging. […]

electric vehicles

The Warm & Fuzzy Feeling of Converting Gas Guzzlers to Electric Vehicles

December 5, 2023
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 |  clean energy, Electric Vehicles, solar energy

EV West takes old gas guzzlers and converts them into zero-emission electric vehicles (EV). Not only does that wipe out car emissions; it sometimes sparks a light bulb in customers’ minds and they begin looking into solar or other renewable energy systems.

Tesla vs. Nissan Leaf

Now a Leaf Owner, What I Miss About My Tesla

September 25, 2023
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 |  Electric Vehicles

With a VW e-Golf, then a Tesla Model 3, then a Nissan Leaf as my car, what did I learn?

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