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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

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He called for steppe… Will Solar Save Chip Companies? Now, with a national renewable portfolio standard in the works, chip and solar equipment maker Applied Materials CEO Mike Sp… Applied Materials Gaining Traction in Solar Sector Artificial Moore’s Law for Cleantech: Renewable Standards, by Steps : [.]

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

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For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com. Staff Tom Zeller Jr. Posts | Profile Kate Galbraith Reporter Ms.

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

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Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Car-Makers Say. NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) PHEV Escape by Hybrids Plus , Sept 2007, (Albany, NY). Contact Toronto Atmospheric Fund Ontario Ministry of Transportation , Prius, Hymotion, August 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada).

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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If you charge with solar, is way less. The small electric will be king and batteries a valuable commodity, so valuable in fact, they will have to be wielded in to prevent theft by the Solar, Wind, Wave, Tidal, folks for their home installations! For more information, please see our Comments FAQ. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Plus you can use solar and break technology, as well as other more experimental technology, and never have to charge it because it would then charge itself. If you take that car and mix it with current technology, the EV-1 should be able to get over 600 miles in a single charge, and not take long to charge, only 3 hours.

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