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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. “We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added. Are electric cars really green than combustion engine cars?

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. The fuel engine on the Volt is used to run the generator to recharge the battery when a trip exceeds 40 miles, and it’s rage on a full tank is around 400 miles. — Goodbye 2.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half. Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. If you charge with solar, is way less.

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