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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. EFICIENCY OF ENERGY CONVERSION There is a law in science (more specifically, thermodynamics) that.

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When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream

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Some—like the burlesque artist Ann Corio , whose phone conversations were recorded in a dragnet search for incriminating information on prominent midtown residents—were the targets of blackmail. Tiny, cheap, and almost impossible to detect in action, induction coils were in wide use in wiretapping operations of all sorts.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. In most conversions cost is about the same because of needless weight. In EV’s they do need replacing in about 5 yrs if done right.

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