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Coulomb, MasterCard, and the future of public charging

Plugs and Cars

The big takeaway: If you want a free charge station and are located in a program area (Austin, Los Angeles, New York, Orlando, Sacramento, San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, Bellevue/Redmond, Washington DC, Southern Michigan), raise your hand now. As Richard Lowenthal said to me at the event: "Great deal!" But for whom?

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. I will pay nothing for my 300 mile road trip.)

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. edit ] EAA The Electric Auto Association ( EAA ) was formed in 1967 in San Jose, California. PHEV - These vehicles combine the advantages of both HEV and EV vehicles.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

You waste a little bit of silicon, but silicon’s pretty cheap. Jack [Tramiel] made the bet that by the time we were ready to produce a product, 64K Rams would be cheap enough for us to use,” Charpentier said. The problem was a random event—it didn’t happen all the time. It’s only sand.”

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