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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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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

I talked about different types of electric motors, batteries, and electrical systems.” I gave the students the option of driving EVs after class,” said Cox, explaining that “some days I brought my Roadster, sometimes the Model S we’d purchased here in Lincoln. Not infrequently, students brought their parents in for a test drive. “I

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

For some Americans it gives a chance to drive and experience a different car, maybe an electric car they might be thinking of purchasing. The company was purchased by Avis in 2013 and operates as a subsidiary of the traditional car rental company. Zipcar Zipcar bills itself as the world’s largest car sharing service.

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

Green Car Congress

The HVIP grant allowed the purchase of the batteries and electric powertrain, providing UCLA an electric shuttle for the same cost as its fossil-fuel counterparts. The Motiv All-Electric Powertrain works with a wide range of batteries, motors and chassis.

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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 Subsequently, McNeil traveled to Seattle to purchase an already converted AMC Hornet 4-door sedan, and then towed the car back to Colorado. In 2013, the fastest bike was a Lightning Electric.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In It can do this with little disruption to the way homes and industry purchase and use energy today. One PHEV company, Efficient Drivetrains Inc.,

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. passenger-vehicle fleet over the period between 2015 and 2050. Promoting mixed-use neighborhoods—areas that put work and residence in proximity—would allow more bicycling and walking.