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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet. A year later we decided to build a new, superefficient house in Tahoe. But no matter where we went, we could not escape one thing: the goddamn thermostat. Nest Gets Googled. A long one.

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Opinion: The Bentley Crash in New York is Scrambling Brains

The Truth About Cars

We do know, despite a breathless and apparently unsourced Fox News report, that it wasn’t a terrorist attack. Somehow it escapes his mind that just because someone buys a Corvette or a Mustang based on its ability, it doesn’t mean that the driver is going to actually drive it on public roads as if they’re at a racetrack. Health issue?

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Carlos 12:43 AM walt the memecaster said. Remember its PURE D.C. 99,999 ripple free.

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