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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. kW solar PV system on our own house in 2015. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500. Let me tell you about it. Installing the 5.2

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Sandia Labs and NREL leading new DOE hydrogen infrastructure project; H2FIRST

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Toyota will begin selling its Fuel Cell Vehicle in 2015. Last year, General Motors and Honda announced plans to jointly develop hydrogen fuel cell cars, and Hyundai will lease its Tucson Fuel Cell hydrogen-powered vehicle in California this spring.

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Univ of Utah studies find up to 27 seconds of mental distraction for drivers after using new hands-free technologies

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The researchers discovered the residual effects of mental distraction while comparing new hands-free technologies in ten 2015 vehicles and three types of smartphones. The other study examined voice-dialing, voice-contact calling and music selection using in-vehicle information or “infotainment” systems in 10 model-year 2015 vehicles.

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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

I talked about different types of electric motors, batteries, and electrical systems.” I knew a senator in the state legislature, Ken Haar, and in 2015 he agreed to sponsor a Tesla ride-and-drive at the capitol building,” he said. “I We studied forces that have an impact on EV range, such as aerodynamic drag,” he explained. “I

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DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

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billion to produce advanced automotive batteries and their components, and up to $500 million to produce other components needed for electric vehicles, such as electric motors. All vehicles will be Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) compliant or have appropriate FMVSS exemptions. Transportation Electrification.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Lyft Lyft offers rides on two wheels or four and tells you transit options as well If there was any question about the changing landscape, General Motors’ $500 million investment in the ride sharing company Lyft. RelayRides changed its name to Turo in 2015 and has been described as an “Airbnb for real peoples’ cars.”

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UCLA orders all-electric shuttle bus powered by Motiv Power Systems

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The Motiv All-Electric Powertrain works with a wide range of batteries, motors and chassis. The first set of Motiv-powered shuttle buses were placed in operation for the City of Mountain View, California in 2015.