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Trane bringing electric E-200 refrigeration unit for small trucks to US

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The E-200’s plug-and-play solution requires no road compressor or drive kit to function. Thermo King continues to innovate and expand our electric cold chain solutions to help our customers meet these needs in a sustainable way and bend the curve on climate change.

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EIB awards €17M to QEV to advance zero emissions transport in developing countries

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QEV is a Spanish technology and engineering company that develops and manufactures electric drive components for Formula-E race cars, and electric drivetrain assemblies (‘e-kits’) for minibuses. The EIB funding will not only contribute to sustainable public mobility and tackling climate change, but will also support new jobs.

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Around the world cycle to promote solar

Green Cars News

Susie Wheeldon, Jamie Vining and Iain Henderson will make the gruelling journey across searing hot deserts, and over snow-capped mountain ranges, to highlight ways to combat climate change. They will therefore cross all seas and oceans by boat, hopefully sailing home from the East Coast of America.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. Currently there are only about 1,500 500 plug-in hybrids and 500 1,500 pure electric cars, according to Plug-In America. and Chrysler. Follow the money.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. It’s the only way to save the planet from climate change. Close down all the car companies. Close down all the companies making weapons.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Visionary Vehicles Team w/Malcolm Bricklin (who brought the Subaru and the Yugo to America) aims for luxury PHEV. —Jim Press, president of Toyota Motor North America, first non-Japanese member of Toyota Motors Board of Directors in exclusive interview at Edmunds.coms. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market. GM Press Release ).

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This “Total Transportation System&# is designed to keep America running when the OPEC countries start admitting empty wells, a certainty the date of which is a CIA secret, determined from space technologies ahead of OPEC themselves! but must be very prematurely soon, indicated by government prerogatives taken! Follow the money.

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