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A test has found that it costs over $100 to fully charge the battery of an electric pickup truck, far more than it would cost to fill up the gas tank of a large gas-powered truck of similar quality. In 2010, General Motors stopped manufacturing Hummers, a brand of pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs) that were massively criticized for being massive gas-guzzlers. In late 2020, GMC, a division of General Motors, came out with the new GMC Hummer EV, a line of electric battery-powered pickup trucks and SUVs. (Related: Range test finds gas pickup can tow 2,000-lb trailer...

Californians are being advised not to charge their electric cars between 4 and 9pm from Wednesday to Tuesday due to the excessive heatwave They are also being advised to set their thermostats at 78 degrees or higher, avoid using large appliances, and turn off unnecessary lights Just weeks after the state passed a future ban on gas-powered cars by 2035 Officials have not said how they plan to deal with an overwhelmed power grid in the future as more electric vehicles hit the roads and charging ports 'It’s too soon to tell what the impacts of the 2035 ban will...

Okay, we all know that Hillary is in hiding because the media is going to give their all and try to pull here over the finish line. They have received their marching orders and their talking points and they have put out a mob hit on Donald Trump. The less Hillary is seen and heard it appears her poll numbers rise while the media attacks Donald Trump 24 hours a day to distract from the fact that Hillary is low energy, in bad health and can't keep up with the stamina of Donald Trump. Plus she doesn't do news conference...

GOP presidential candidate Jeb Bush has returned to Florida to recharge his struggling campaign. He spoke and took selfies with supporters at an outdoor rally Friday night before attending a high school football game in southwest Florida. ...

Aluminium ions are stored between layers of graphite when the battery is charged A new rival to the lithium-ion battery has been created that charges in under a minute and still performs almost perfectly after being recharged thousands of times. The new battery is based on aluminium instead of lithium, which should make it both cheaper and safer than their lithium-ion competitors. The U.S. team behind the aluminium-ion battery say that the technology could find its way into the home, help store renewable energy for the power grid and even power vehicles. The aluminium-ion battery is conceptually similar to the...

Microbatteries Could Recharge Phones Instantly Apr 18, 2013 07:43 AM ET // by Alyssa Danigelis Wouldn’t it be awesome to plug in a dead smart phone and have it fully charged in under a second? The wait won’t be long now for that leap. A team of scientists just developed what they say are the world’s most powerful microbatteries capable of near-instant recharging.Supercharged! Battery Power for the FutureThe new batteries are made high-power lithium ion and are only a few millimeters in size. IInside, they contain a 3-D nanostructure made from a thin film that was recently developed by Paul...

With the downward spiral of society and the economy ensured by Obama's narrow reelection, I am now looking at gear to ensure, or at least greatly improve, my family's survival when TSHTF.I have 3-4 months supply of food including canned goods, dried goods, MREs and stuff we use regularly. I have ammunition and firearms to protect it and a couple of alternative escape plans just in case. I also have a hand-crank radio and lighting to ensure communication and illumination. Last election season also helped us define which neighbors would be potential allies, most of them military veterans including a...

DETROIT, Jan. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy wants to jump-start the adoption of electric vehicles in Southeast Michigan by providing free charging stations – a $2,500 value – to the first 2,500 Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) owners.Rest of article at link

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – John McCain sought to change the course of a campaign moving decidedly in Barack Obama's direction Wednesday night in the third and final presidential debate. With less than three weeks until the Nov. 4 election, the 90-minute debate focusing on the economic crisis offered the Republican senator from Arizona what could be one of his last big chances to persuade voters to give the race another look. Polls show Obama, the senator from Illinois, with a clear lead nationally and in several key battleground states. McCain was keenly aware of the stakes he faced after two debates...

11/6/2006 - NEW YORK (AFPN) -- Watching nearly 40,000 runners cross the finish line of the New York City Marathon Nov. 5 makes it easy to see that each one has a story -- and the telling doesn't end at the finish line. While most runners push themselves to exhaustion through the 26.2 miles of urban roads, Monica Szymanski takes on the marathon to re-energize her life. "I'm still in shock being able to accomplish it," Szymanski said. "I have good days and bad days. Today was more of a phenomenal day." The annual race comes at the time when...