Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. The idea of putting together a PC outside of IBM's development process disturbed some committee members. The cost of performing a calculation on a PC dropped so much that it was often significantly cheaper to use a little machine than a mainframe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Supplementarity refers to the idea that the role of offsets in an emission reduction program should be secondary to reduction efforts at regulated emission sources. The inclusion of offsets would likely lower the overall cost of compliance. EPA, Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential in US Forestry and Agriculture (2005).

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The EPA is reportedly considering adding EVs to the list of eligible vehicles, and the idea could be confirmed in an upcoming proposal dealing with biofuel blending mandates. The inclusion of EVs into the Renewable Fuel Standard, or RFS, would be the most significant change since the program started as a part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries. See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

But those of us who know better, also know that from 1976 to 2005 Californians’ electric use stayed flat while the rest of the United States electricity consumption per capita grew by 60%. “…his company estimates that the average cost of saving a kilowatt-hour through efficiency is 1.7

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. I love the idea of powering my car from solar power.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. Pre-paid 600 kilometer cards are one approach that is suggested.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency (IEA), 75% of the growth in the world’s energy demand from 2005 to 2030 will come from developing countries. The cost of fully implementing the Kyoto Protocol (in terms of lost economic growth) has been estimated at roughly $180 billion a year. CONCLUSION.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Today, this cap-and-trade program is considered one of the most efficient and cost-effective environmental initiatives ever implemented. Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Factors Determining Abatement Costs.

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Cars That Think

JULY 26, 2023

Before we launch into this episode, I’d like to let listeners know that the cost of membership in IEEE is currently 50% off for the rest of the year. We taught them practical skills and kind of theoretical conceptual ideas about how our digital ecosystem works, how encryption works, yada yada yada.

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