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Heard At The Show: Snippets from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

In a session on total vehicle energy consumption, several people shared similar pie charts showing the flow of energy within an automobile. Honda demonstrated their “ Walking Assist Device ” at the Congress. Honda believes it will be a help in climbing stairs or industrial operations that require a lot of squatting.

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NYT Editorial

Plug In Partners

One DaimlerChrysler employee, checking out Geely's 7151 CK model, which seats five and is about the size of a Honda Civic, told the Voice of America: "If I didn't work for DaimlerChrysler, I would consider it as one of my buying options." That's good, but it would behoove Ford to make sure that it doesn't lose sight of the larger issue.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Andy Grove April 17, 2009: 9:30 AM ET The great electric car race High oil prices, green regs, and better batteries are behind the mad dash to create the ultimate electric automobile. To keep U.S.

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