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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

Green Car Congress

Earlier this month, the company introduced Ford Smart Mobility at the 2015 International CES. A person sitting in the Palo Alto laboratory can access real-time video streamed over existing 4G/LTE technology to drive golf carts thousands of miles away. Earlier post.)

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I Held annually n the last week-end in June, the century-old event has included EVs for 38 years, and the DEVC has supported the effort for most of them. That brought a pretty good turnout of our chapter members.”

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At a press event on Monday, Oregon’s governor, Ted Kulongoski, was talking up Nissan’s previously announced partnership with the state. So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete.

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