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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

Early EV1 adopter While at graduate school in electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithica, New York, Cox heard about the GM Impact , an electric vehicle (EV) program that General Motors had with Hughes Aircraft, a firm it had recently purchased. “I They jumped on the idea. It was a major win-win for everyone.”

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Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven

Baua Electric

Over the centuries, New Haven has had chapters devoted to maritime trade, railroads, industrial manufacturing and — as home to Yale University and other institutions of higher learning — education and health care. Showcasing New Haven as an arts hub is the aim of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Green Car Congress

coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). 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.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I The electrification of the automobile is inevitable."

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. For more on plug-in hybrids and V2G, see CalCars Resources , University of Delaware V2G Research Center , and papers from a June 2005 conference in Seattle. I love the idea of powering my car from solar power. See our 2007 Goals and 2006 Report.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. ► January (13) What Goes Down, Must Go Up? 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal. CONCLUSION.