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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

Green Car Congress

This scenario assumes that 100% of the study region’s vehicle fleet will be HEVs by 2050—half of which will be grid plug-in HEVs—but that the fleet will otherwise remain unchanged from 2000 in terms of its relative composition of different vehicle size classes. Article ASAP • doi: 10.1021/es8021655 • Publication Date (Web): 11 February 2009

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

Cars That Think

This article was first published as “The longest survivor loses its grip.” A shadow mask between the electron beam and the phosphor grid narrowed the beam till it illuminated only the center of each dot, leaving the surrounding phosphor unlit to prevent color bleeding. It appeared in the August 1988 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

A lot of people don’t understand how that can be, but if you think about the topology of a charger, there’s the power electronics that are connected to the grid—that’s where the cabinet is—then there’s a cable going from there to where the vehicle is, and then there’s vehicle coupling. Bob Kacergis: Our biggest one is IndyGo in Indianapolis.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Because robust grid integration is essential for widespread customer acceptance of electric vehicles, Chrysler has enlisted the involvement of key utility partners, including Duke, ConEd and DTE. Postal Service. 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan? 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan? Why are the mail delivery vehicles not electric already?

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