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Universal Hydrogen successfully completes first flight of hydrogen fuel cell powered regional airliner

Green Car Congress

The airplane, nicknamed Lightning McClean, took off at 8:41am PST from Grant County International Airport (KMWH) and flew for 15 minutes, reaching an altitude of 3,500 MSL. The airplanes are converted to hydrogen using an aftermarket retrofit conversion kit, tackling the existing fleet rather than developing a brand new airplane.

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Tesla to raise about $1.15 with offerings of common stock and convertible senior notes

Green Car Congress

In addition, Tesla has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of each offering. The aggregate gross proceeds of the offerings, including the options granted to the underwriters, is expected to be approximately $1.15 Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, will participate by purchasing $25 million of common stock.

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Cruising San Francisco, With No One Behind the Wheel

Baua Electric

What, where and how to ride Conversations abound on Reddit and X , with visitors seeking advice on how to secure a ride while in San Francisco, or be well positioned to spot a driverless car on the go. And in almost all service areas, there is a waiting list to be granted access. I love exploring and doing new things,” he said. “I

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Tesla outlines scheme for $4-5B battery Gigafactory; announces $1.6B offering

Green Car Congress

In addition, Tesla intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $120 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2019 and an additional $120 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2021, for a total potential offering size of up to $1.84 Batteries'

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Opinion: GM Shouldn’t Kill Apple CarPlay, Android Auto

The Truth About Cars

I grant you that if CarPlay goes down, you might not be able to do voice-controlled text messaging or access navigation – it depends on the car – but there are alternatives to staring at your phone and crashing because of your lack of attention. Instead, the automaker is pretending a money move is about safety. Just be honest, GM!

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? Wakefield, 1998 "Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition "Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

So, who better to have written the newly released book The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight , which presents a history of blindness that touches on events and advances in social, political, artistic, and technological realms? Some blind people read entire books that way. You rely a great deal on your screen reader.