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Opinion: Cars and Toxic Substances

Clean Fleet Report

While there are a lot of downsides to a car, this blog post is going to be focused on the toxic substances in a car that poses a threat to humans and the environment. Not only cars, but many other products are made with toxic chemicals. Toxic Substances in a Car. Careful with brake work.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

DIY Electric Car

The reason of this blog is however to concentrate on the electric pedicabs. The vehicle is still not in the mass production but it's likely to be available in the end of the year based on what the manufacturer says. For those who aren't familiar with the term pedicab = cycle rickshaw. Wish them all the best with getting on the project.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

Get Electric Vehicle

You shall find the importance of electric vehicles , advantages, disadvantages, other technical aspects, electric vehicle reviews, project ideas, and more here on this blog. As soon as the series production of EVs started it opened up doors for several new business opportunities. Electric Vehicle Blog. 5 Retrofitting.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

CalCars supports conversion programs as a strategy to increase awareness and support for PHEVs and thereby motivate automakers to build production PHEVs. For a list of conversions completed to date, see Where PHEVs (mostly Priuses) Are. Conversions are limited to certain vehicle types. See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Harman International, the world-renowned high-end infotainment systems provider, will be the production system integrator and supplier, and will work with vehicle manufacturers on model specific system architecture options. Working systems are ready for production implementation and manufacture.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

a rolling death-wish on skinny tires 157 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 TEG 3:09PM (4/24/2009) "Because of the nature of the event, there was no demonstration of heart-stopping acceleration or sure-footedness through a slalom." 15 days ago AutoblogGreen for 03.31.09

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"With more than a 40 percent market share, our Chrysler and Dodge minivans continue to lead the segment we created more than 25 years ago," said Frank Klegon, Executive Vice President-Product Development, Chrysler LLC. Based in Watertown, Massachusetts, A123Systems has announced plans for a Michigan-based production facility.

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