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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

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But Electro didn't act on his idea, so he left in 1957 to start his own venture, Holt Instrument Laboratories , in his hometown: Oconto, Wis. Holt supplied calibration and measurement systems used for NASA 's Apollo, Gemini, and Mercury programs, and the company's devices are still used today. Johnson served in the U.S.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I San Jose Mercury News ). Bloomberg News ).

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