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Mitsubishi Motors unveils North American spec i-MiEV at LA Show; expected MSRP of about $30,000

Green Car Congress

The North American i-MiEV, when compared to its Japanese- and European-spec compatriots, features a slightly larger body to provide even more interior comfort for four adults, along with redesigned front and rear bumpers for enhanced protection in the event of a collision. Best Buy/Eaton Corporation Collaboration.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

Green Car Congress

Member Institutions: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, North Carolina State University, University of Texas at Austin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Maryland, Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Enthusiasm electric!

Electric Auto Association

Also noted as important achievements were the Electrify America sponsorship that provided chapter support, the EVA efforts to help shape EV-friendly building codes and policy, the EVA participation at Fully Charged LIVE , and the over 500 EV events of all sizes hosted by chapters around the country.

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A Well Earned, Guilt Free #YearOfJoe

Creative Greenius

Before I knew it I was writing speeches, presentations and special events for Mattel’s CEO and Division Presidents, scripting much of New York Toy Fair, creative directing all the company’s award shows, and even hosting shows on behalf of the company on stage in tuxedos and on the roof of the building in a Barbie pink sport coat.

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Robert Kahn: The Great Interconnector

Cars That Think

Kahn Current job: Chairman, CEO, and president of the Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) Date of birth: 23 December 1938 Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York Family: Patrice Ann Lyons, his wife Education: BEE 1960, City College of New York ; M.A. I was pretty sure it would work,” Kahn says, “but it was a big event.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

When the center opened in 1970, it was unlike other major industrial research laboratories; its work wasn’t tied, even loosely, to its corporate parent’s current product lines. It was based in part on the Alohanet, a packet radio network developed at the University of Hawaii in the late 1960s. and Toronto, Ont.,

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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