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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

Blink Charging

Erika Myers Erica Myers, the author of the white paper, “ Why the Electric Vehicle Industry Needs More Women ,” is a pioneering figure in transportation decarbonization. Dr. Francis promotes EVs as a clean transportation alternative through education and outreach efforts via EVHybridNoire, a global organization with members in the U.S,

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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

Cars That Think

Who, after all, hasn’t tired of having to plug in and unplug their phone and other rechargeable gizmos? And when it comes to powering public transportation, including electric trains and trams, wires need to be used in tandem with rolling or. It’s a nuisance. Lighthouse Dev in 2012.

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10 Gifts For Retrocomputing Fans

Cars That Think

Digital Equipment Corportion's PDP-8 was noted not just for its small size (it could be transported in the back of a VW Beetle !) The PiDP-8: A Miniaturized Minicomputer In 1965, the style was groovy, even when it came to minicomputers. and relatively small price tag (just US $18,500!),

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. I asked her about start-ups that she has liked, She talked of Bolt, which is setting up charging stations for two wheelers using 15 A plug points. The company had hired 20 Innovas for media transport, two journalists per car. Since then he has stayed with the same battery.

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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. During his campaign, President Obama said he would work to put one million plug-in hybrids on American roads by 2015. and Chrysler. — jake 9.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Now, people are used to cellphone subscription plans and plugging the phone into the wall at night, Mr. Thesen reasoned, so a switch to electric cars would also be manageable. Rather than setting up the public for disappointment (see ethanol), plug-n electric advocates should push the very real, if not sexy, advantages. — DonO 5.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Shameless self plugs here. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden? nk Related Posts From Green Inc.

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