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Evatran completes 1500+ hours of wireless charging trials with fleets

Green Car Congress

Participants represent various industries, from car rental agencies to corporate campuses to utility providers, with installations in locations across the United States. The first participants included Google, Hertz Rent-a-Car, Duke Energy and Clemson University, with installations in the Spring of 2012.

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EV Jerry and Sprit Of DC Visit Flagstaff EAA

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

The Flagstaff EAA was thrilled and honored to have EV Jerry and his plug-in hybrid car "the Spirit of DC" visit on Sunday 2/22. We were able to partake in the sacred ritual of "getting the finger", or putting a Flagstaff EAA sticker on his car. On Saturday 2/21 Jerry joined us, Ward Davis and his wife Bracken for dinner.

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Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

Cars That Think

Foundation for Skydio’s drones can be traced back to Adam’s work on autonomous agile drones at MIT , and after spending a few years at Google working on Project Wing’s delivery drones , Adam cofounded Skydio in 2014. So there have been many studies that have been done for car racing, Formula One, back in the 80s and 90s.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Grant Davis is a Managing Director at New York Life Investments. by Bill Cooke. What does normal operation look like?

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. See Conversions to Electrify Worlds 900+ Million Cars. Typically, hybrid cars have four or five separate warranties.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. The New York Times looks at how EVs are going to shake up our cities. February 15, 2010.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. Think may use the former Freightliners plant site to employ over 1,000 workers that would ultimately expand to make 60,000 compact cars a year. market b y the end of 2009. The Norwegian company just last week met with Gov.