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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. April 18, 2009 3:46 pm Link The Volt is a great idea and it looks magnificent, but they are out of their minds.!!! Just think they may have a rapid charging option today.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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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. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. … Phone Companies Heart Smart Grid: SmartSynch, AT&T Sign Up Texas Utility PermieWriter : Improving urban schools, like growing our food locally and raising livestock humanely, is a good idea for many reasons.

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Superstars of AB 811 Rock Palm Desert @ EcoMotion Conference

Creative Greenius

What an exhilarating difference a well organized and smartly thought-out lineup can make. You need more than just great ideas, policy and planning – you also have to have the motivational chops to not just talk about change, but to actually effect it. Just ask Los Angeles Lakers Basketball fans. Ted’s got it.