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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

With the support of the Sierra Club and other organizations, the ordinance was challenged legally and eventually landed in the Kansas Supreme Court where it was ruled illegal last April. “It If someone googled me, they’d think I was some kind of radical environmentalist.” I’m sure there’s a big red flag on my file,” he said. “If

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

We recently took a look at a brand-new local iteration run by the local auto club, but using software developed and being used by many others. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. Investors in RelayRides included Google Ventures and GM Ventures.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

I started indulging in my hobby of building robots, and subsequently met up with other like-minded people at the Silicon Valley Home Brew Robotics Club. One of the first people I met at the club was Bob Allen, an electronics engineer who had a machine shop in his garage and could make amazing mechanical things.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

She is currently a member of the New Mexico Transportation Electrification Working Group, several EV working groups organized by Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), El Paso, and Borderplex Tesla Owners Club, and serves as a Vice-President of Rio Grande EAA. Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

Green Car Congress

The US and China take the lead in scaling up the technology, given their large markets, tech-friendly regulatory environments and industry giants, such as Google and the State Grid Corporation of China. Business as usual results in a mix of energy clubs, with little cooperation. But competition between nations also spikes.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

She is currently a member of the New Mexico Transportation Electrification Working Group, several EV working groups organized by Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), El Paso, and Borderplex Tesla Owners Club, and serves as a Vice-President of Rio Grande EAA. Personally meeting Sandy Munro to exchange ideas of the future of BEVs.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Followed Google Maps to hit Hosur road - and from then on the Maps was switched off. The last 5% takes much more time - and so if you have another person behind you, you are not expected to do a full charge. We switched on Google Maps and left for Ooty. But that is not the case in the cockpit. That is quite neat.