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Mercedes-AMG Brings Entry-Trim SL 43 to America

The Truth About Cars

Fun fact: the turbo can spin at speeds up to 170,000 rpm which seems to be the approximate speed of the blades on your author’s Lasko 3300 Wind Machine box fan on setting number three. Gearheads insist this configuration was actually the one to get, despite the V8 option grabbing all the magazine headlines. They were probably right.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

These zoning decisions blow in whatever direction the development winds are gusting in the city at the moment and there is no consistency, logic or equity in the decisions made. I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. We do all the paperwork.

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GM Proposes Electric Car Plug Standard - GoodCleanTech

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

To this end, the company has proposed SAE J1772 (pictured) as what "a common electric vehicle conductive charging system architecture will look like for all major automakers in North America." PC Magazine, the PCMag.com logo and Gearlog are registered trademarks of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. Got a Question? A Comment?

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of World’s First 500-Mile EV

Cars That Think

I got my first taste of the Air in the Sonoran Desert, a few hours from Lucid's $700 million factory in Casa Grande, the first from-the-ground-up EV plant to open in North America. The spacious sedan actually exceeded expectations, combining shelter-magazine interior luxury, slick handling and boggling acceleration.

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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. — Tony 11.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wind, solar and nuclear could easily change our electrical sources. We need forward thinking, Gathering energy from solar and wind during the day at home and then charging our cars at night from these sources are ready now. To electrify transportation, we are looking at new generation so that would be a mix of natural gas and wind.

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