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Hybrid Snowplow Debuts in Colorado

Green Car Congress

The plow, a modified 2009 International Model 7300 Hybrid, could be in service by next week. The county’s Fleet Services Division began working on the idea for a hybrid snowplow two years ago. Jefferson County (Colorado) Commissioners unveiled what they believe to be the first hybrid snowplow in the US.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

The competition “allows students to take an idea, a passion, and turn it from a simple prototype to a fully deployed solution,” says Stephanie Gillespie , associate dean of the University of New Haven’s engineering college , in Connecticut. Delaine Access to fresh produce is challenging in many low-income neighborhoods.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Alternatively, may we suggest the sound of the neighborhood ice cream truck? Reply ↓ ↑ report 2 Snoopy 3:47PM (4/17/2009) Its funny, because I was thinking about this over the past couple of days, while walking the streets of my relatively quiet neighbourhood. ↓ ↑ report 5 Snoopy 12:21PM (4/19/2009) Haha!

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

Ed Kjaer, the director of electric transportation for Southern California Edison, demonstrates how the Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle or MiEV plugs into their Garage of the Future at their Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona on Thursday, January 22, 2009. Posted: 01/23/2009 02:49:34 PM PST. Photo by Eric Tom).

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Coda popped onto the electric-vehicle stage in June 2009 as an offshoot of Miles Electric Vehicles, a maker of electric light trucks in China. And Reuben Munger, former managing partner at investment firm Baupost Group LLC, is a founder and chairman of Bright, which developed a fully electric delivery van called Idea. Coda Automotive.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. The current status of my case with Torrance is, the day the article came out (on April 28, 2009) I got a call from the Planning Dept.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

In fact that’s such a good idea the Public Utilities Commission of California already has that mandate in place. m Weatherization Assistance Programs ($5b) Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs ($300 million), Green Jobs ($500 million), Neighborhood Stabilization Programs ($2b).

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