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InterAcademy Council Report Terms UN IPCC Process a Success Overall, Calls for Reform in Management Structure
These assessment reports have gained IPCC much respect including a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. The report was released yesterday at the United Nations. The Committee found that the IPCC assessment process has been successful overall. IAC Report. Members would be elected by the Plenary and serve until their successors are in place.
Green Car Congress - Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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EPA, DOT Propose New Fuel Economy Labels; Addressing GHG Emissions, Fuel Consumption and Advanced Technology Vehicles
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 specifically calls on EPA and DOT to rate available vehicles according to fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions and smog forming pollutants. Four samples of the first proposed label design with the letter grade. From left to right: EV, PHEV, gasoline/diesel, gasoline/diesel. Source: EPA.
Green Car Congress - Monday, August 30, 2010
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Mazda and Ford JV to Invest $350M to Build Next Generation Compact Pickup Truck in Thailand
In July 2007, AutoAlliance Thailand celebrated one million units of production since the facility began manufacturing vehicles in 1998. Mazda Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company’s joint venture, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co. The investment will enable production of the new compact pickups to commence in mid-2011.
Green Car Congress - Thursday, August 26, 2010
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  • Google Installs- 2007
    Ford Escape PHEV system installed and ready for final testing procedures.
    Green Gearhead - Saturday, December 1, 2007
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  • Toyota Confirms 2009 Model Lithium-Ion Prius -- No Talk of Plug But Promises of More Power
    At the North American International Auto Show in January, for instance, Toyota (TM ) unveiled the all-new Tundra (see BusinessWeek.com, 01/30/07, "First Drive: 2007 Toyota Tundra") pickup, its biggest truck ever, and the FT-HS, a 400-horsepower concept car that uses the company's hybrid system to help propel it from 0-60 in four seconds.
    CalCars News - PHEV News - Monday, February 26, 2007
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  • What up with GM's Plug-in hybrid Volt?
    "GM tries to unplug Volt hype" is not the headline I've been hoping to see out of Motor City this spring. But there it is in a Detroit News Autos Insider piece today. Just weeks after announcing production, perhaps, in 2010, the industry's hometown paper lets us know this is no done deal. There's just one problem: The Volt may never get built.
    Plugs and Cars - Friday, March 23, 2007
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  • Plug-in Hybrid Study: Electricity Better
    The basic question addressed, which appears on the study homepage (epri-reports.org) is this: How would air quality and greenhouse gas emissions be affected if significant numbers of Americans drove cars that were fueled by the power grid? And the grid is getting cleaner and more renewable every year. truly hope we have turned a corner. to 10.3
    Plugs and Cars - Thursday, July 19, 2007
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  • Imagine the Volt
    Seventeen years ago GM could imagine, and then produce, an electric car. Check out this 13 minute GM video on the car that became the EV1. Commenting on its technological achievements, John Zwerner, GM Advanced Product Engineering, says "we wanted to drive a stake in the ground.as Instead, as we know, GM drove a stake in its heart. Literally.
    Plugs and Cars - Monday, August 6, 2007
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  • 9:12am July 27, 2007 - It's Alive!
    This morning, I hacked together a serial cable to talk with the ccShell program provided by Azure Dynamics to communicate with the controller. You need to contact Azure Dynamics directly to get the.ccs file that works with ccShell; it's not available on their FTP site. Here's the hacked up serial cable attached to the laptop. Yay, the motor spins!
    Porsche 914 EV Conversion - Friday, July 27, 2007
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  • My First EV Video
    My friend Pete dropped by for lunch today with his video camera and we captured a four-minute video of the electric car in action as well as a description of the various parts. This is rather unrefined, so enjoy
    Porsche 914 EV Conversion - Friday, August 3, 2007
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  • Conversion News: First in Texas in Oct; 1620-Mile PHEV tank; Video/Media
    Texas's First Public Conversion of a Plug-In Hybrid: Austin October 20-21, 2007. Sept 26, 2007: The California Cars Initiative (Calcars.org) will sponsor a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) "Conversion Demonstration" in Austin, TX on October 20-21 at the first Maker Faire to be held outside of California. NEW SUPPLIERS.
    CalCars News - PHEV News - Friday, September 28, 2007
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  • World's First V2G Demo: Xcel/Hybrids Plus/V2Green/US Lab+Ford Escape Hybrids
    Green Car Congress 5 October 2007 [about V2Green Company]. link] PG&E and Tesla Motors Co-Pilot Vehicle-to-Grid Research September 12, 2007 PG&E Press release. Magazine October 2007. This is a long-awaited next step on "Vehicle-To-Grid:" to actually get some V2G-capable cars on the road for testing. V2Green Inc.
    CalCars News - PHEV News - Monday, October 22, 2007
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  • EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted
    They reinforces the Pacific National Lab's January 2007 findings that we won't have to build new power plants for cars that charge at night. The entire PHEV environmental assessment will be posted online at www.epri-reports.org at 12 noon EDT, July 19, 2007. But they've needed definitive proof that PHEVs won't increase pollution.
    CalCars News - PHEV News - Thursday, July 19, 2007
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