Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. But because this line of research was motivated in large part by the energy crisis of the 1970s, interest in solar-power satellites waned in the following decades, at least in the United States.

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Power Powered BBC Solar 144

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

February, 2008 : Researchers from England, Germany, and the United States proposed replacing the term “tipping point”, which suggests a specific time frame, with “tipping elements” to describe known ecosystems in danger of collapse, yet for which a likely timeframe could not easily be estimated ( earlier post ).

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

“Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11. and tap clean, renewable energy sources.

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. — Goodbye 2. — Tony 11.

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. I also wrote an article about cars and what’s good and not good. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58