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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

My test parallel park of Ford Escape was a breeze when the SUV parked itself. Advanced planning is already occurring in Singapore, Shanghai, and Silicon Valley cities from San Francisco to San Jose. Think of a. Talk amongst yourselves. convergence of Car2Go, Uber, and Google maps.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

Deploy up to 150 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, including 130 Ford Escape PHEVs and 20 Ford E450 Van PHEVs. City College of San Francisco. San Francisco, CA. Accelerate the launch and commercialization of PHEVs and EVs by partnering with 15 of America's leading utilities. Smith Electric Vehicles. $10.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Below is a chronology of hybrid Toyota Priuses and Ford Escapes that have been converted. EnergyCS/Clean-Tech, May 2005 EnergyCS Los Angeles County, CA info@energycs.com 4. Pacific Gas & Electric/Bay Area Air Quality Management District, "Sparky," by EnergyCS, July 2006 (San Francisco County, CA) Contact sxtg@.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

tech industry during the 1990s. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple. But can this no-nonsense tech veteran come up with a plan to save Yahoo? He is, after all, a man who shunned the booming U.S. More Will the Motor City shakeup work? A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.

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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. Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. Carbon trading vs t. SZ (1) 6753.T SZ (1) 6753.T

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