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World’s first indoor electric car drive-in cinema lands at Farnborough later this year

Drive EV

Teaming up with leading Drive-In Cinema specialists, YouTube sensation Fully Charged will be hosting multiple screenings of Christopher Nolan’s latest film, the much anticipated spy thriller, TENET, starring John David Washington. ” Fully Charged intends to tour the Electric Drive-In more widely in the very near future.

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London Olympic let down for electric cars

Green Cars News

In a blog entry, Holloway writes that although there is nothing wrong with using a fleet on 1 Series and 3 Series vehicles to transport Olympic official and athletes during the games, the success of BMW’s bid pushed out other contenders who would have increased the use of electric vehicles and encouraged the instalment of charging points.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. They’re my heroes.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Power from optional solar cells on the roof will be used primarily to cool the car when its parked, but they could also partially recharge the battery. The car will run on a lithium manganese oxide battery made by Advanced Lithium Power , based in Vancouver, BC. To go with its performance, the car carries a hefty price tag of $87,000.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

Laser printer A device that, like a xerographic copier, draws an image on a drum, but with a laser beam instead of lenses; applies toner to the charged image area; and transfers the toner to a sheet of paper, melting it into the paper to set the image. A “Jam” session PARC was then using a programming language called Mesa. 2, 1988, pp.

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Octopus launches ‘Electric Dreams’ – An EV leasing company unlocking salary sacrifice for businesses

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Adding to its portfolio, the energy provider Octopus has launched a new leasing service – Electric Dreams – offering 100% electric car salary sacrifice schemes, to save employees thousands as they switch to clean green driving. 90% lower ‘fuel’ costs vs petrol or diesel cars.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. and Chrysler. .’s

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