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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part V)

The Truth About Cars

In 1984 GM completed a deal to purchase a company called Electronic Data Systems, or EDS. By the Eighties EDS was even larger, and didn’t come cheap. The board approved a purchase of all of Perot’s stock for $750 million ($2.1B To make his dreams come true, Smith put the company’s money where his mouth was. Smith forked over $2.5

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

Harry decided to forego buying an EV, but he remains open to purchasing one if both the affordability and charging issues are better addressed. “I The transition to EVs in the United States will hit a deep pothole unless the more than one-third of the 124 million households that rent can be convinced to purchase an EV.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). If they don’t have enough allowances to cover their emissions they must purchase more or face a penalty. These four choices are defined by two main features.

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