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50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2

Cars That Think

When the space agency sent Curiosity , a golf cart–size rover, to explore the Gale crater and Mount Sharp on Mars in 2011, DSS-43 tracked Curiosity as it made its nail-biting seven-minute descent into Mars’s atmosphere.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Steiner, a retired IBM Systems Engineer who is now servicing EV trucks and other commercial vehicles for a battery manufacturing company, launched Waverley Electrics as an April Fools joke in 2011. “I It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

Steiner, a retired IBM Systems Engineer who is now servicing EV trucks and other commercial vehicles for a battery manufacturing company, launched Waverley Electrics as an April Fools joke in 2011. “I It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US.

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Electric Car Watch #9: Where is the Strom-R3 electric car?

Plug In India

The year 2022 is here, and we still have no news on when deliveries will happen. We still don’t have news on this. We spoke to EV community member and friend of the channel Mr Zarryl Lobo, who has 30+ years of experience building custom electric golf carts and refurbishing old EVs. That is definitely concerning.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. This news story has been successfully emailed to you friend(s). GM plans to launch the Volt in China in 2011. and Korean golf cart maker CT&T Co. Gasgoo.com | ?? |

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Reva: A little company with big ambitions. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Indeed REVA is braced for the future having already unveiled several new models of its own that feature sleeker looks than the G-Wiz which has often been compared to a golf cart. Also unveiled at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show was the REVA NXG, which is scheduled for production in 2011.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Seeking Alpha Home The Macro View Stocks & Sectors Global Markets ETFs Investing Ideas Breaking News Transcripts Register | Login Email: Password: Forgot Your Password? By 2011 look for a larger THINK Ox. They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla.