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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. Early EV1 adopter While at graduate school in electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithica, New York, Cox heard about the GM Impact , an electric vehicle (EV) program that General Motors had with Hughes Aircraft, a firm it had recently purchased. “I

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. At the end of this article, Prof. Here is the full text of the entire article in case the link goes bad: [link]. by: Michael Kanellos.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Other editions: Mobile | News Feeds | E-Newsletters | Electronic Edition Find it: Jobs | Cars | Real Estate | Apartments | Shopping | Classifieds Sponsored by: Your browsers security settings are preventing some features from appearing. based Tesla Motors Inc. See instructions for fixing the problem. WEBSTER A 100 m.p.g.

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Opinion: GM’s $1B EV investment in Mexico is not what America needs

Teslarati

President Biden heaped a lot of syrupy sweet praise on the automaker for “electrifying the automotive industry” although we all know it was Tesla and not GM. The president also hyped up GM for creating only 4,000 American jobs (Tesla created over 100,000 jobs) and investing $7 billion. taxpayers and the American workforce.”

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Who is winning the green car race? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

In Europe, the likes of the Yaris and the iQ have kept average fuel consumption levels low, while Toyota is working on several new concepts such as the FT-EV (see article ) which has a claimed range of 50miles per charge. The company has enjoyed a 73 per cent increase in hybrid sales this year (see article ). Faye Sunderland.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. For $50k you can get a Tesla sedan which will get hundreds of miles strictly on electric. Sure, if you need to make lots of long trips in a car, and can only afford to have one car, then probably a Tesla’s not for you.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Newsletter LinkedIn Twitter Facebook News and ideas for a sustainable world Search 04.17.09 The article is often carried by lots of media who will point to this breakthrough as something that has an impact on electric vehicles. Join Matter Now! Some industrial sites are even set up with 440V 3 phase service.