July 17th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by David Bercovich, Program Manager, Climate & Energy TeamGoogle welcomes the Solar Taxi today on its trip around the world. The solar-powered vehicle is two-thirds of the way through its trip which will encompass 50,000 kms (over 30,000 mil…
May 27th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam Borelli, Team CoordinatorOn June 11th and 12th Google.org and the Brookings Institution will host a conference on plug-in vehicles in Washington, D.C. We’ll examine their potential to reduce oil dependence and pollution, and the role th…
May 27th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam Borelli, Team CoordinatorOn June 11th and 12th Google.org and the Brookings Institution will host a conference on plug-in vehicles in Washington, D.C. We’ll examine their potential to reduce oil dependence and pollution, and the role th…
May 7th, 2008 | by Shannon Oliver | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam LangleyFuel economy is generally measured, in the US, in terms of miles per gallon. The average US car drives about 12,000 miles in a year. Here’s a graph of fuel used against fuel economy:Obviously, if your car does one mile per gallon …
May 7th, 2008 | by Shannon Oliver | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam LangleyFuel economy is generally measured, in the US, in terms of miles per gallon. The average US car drives about 12,000 miles in a year. Here’s a graph of fuel used against fuel economy:Obviously, if your car does one mile per gallon …
April 4th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam Langley, Alec Proudfoot, Richard Walker, RechargeIT Team Part 1 talked about our datalogging hardware, this time we’ll focus on some of the technical details of the software.The dataloggers contain a 4GB flash card with a minimal Gentoo…
April 4th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam Langley, Alec Proudfoot, Richard Walker, RechargeIT Team Part 1 talked about our datalogging hardware, this time we’ll focus on some of the technical details of the software.The dataloggers contain a 4GB flash card with a minimal Gentoo…
April 4th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam Langley, Alec Proudfoot, and Richard Walker, RechargeIT TeamOne of the main purposes of our fleet of plug-in hybrids is to measure the performance of plug-ins compared to an unmodified hybrid car. We then post this information to our we…
April 4th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam Langley, Alec Proudfoot, and Richard Walker, RechargeIT TeamOne of the main purposes of our fleet of plug-in hybrids is to measure the performance of plug-ins compared to an unmodified hybrid car. We then post this information to our we…
April 2nd, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam Borelli, Adam Smith, Alec Proudfoot, and Rolf Schreiber, RechargeIT Team On March 27th the California Air Resources Board (CARB) met to discuss the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program. Prior to last Thursday’s meeting, members of…
April 2nd, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam Borelli, Adam Smith, Alec Proudfoot, and Rolf Schreiber, RechargeIT Team On March 27th the California Air Resources Board (CARB) met to discuss the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program. Prior to last Thursday’s meeting, members of…
March 20th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by Adam BorelliThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering changes to the Zero Emission Vehicle Program (also commonly known as the “ZEV Mandate”) (see Appendix A) on March 27th at its Board meeting in Sacramento. This is a big de…
March 20th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by the RechargeIT Team Introducing the RechargeIT Blog Power on! Not that we have anything against the sound of exhaust streaming out of a tailpipe, but electri…
March 20th, 2008 | by Adam Borelli | published in Google RechargeIT
Posted by the RechargeIT Team Introducing the RechargeIT Blog Power on! Not that we have anything against the sound of exhaust streaming out of a tailpipe, but electri…