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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

According to GM, the updated standard can be expected by the end of the summer — just in time, perhaps, for the first production prototypes of the Chevy Volt. Earth2Tech] Omniture Launches Viral Video Measurement [NewTeeVee] Can New York Save Broadband?

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

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’s vice chairman of product development, Robert Lutz, reportedly told Volt enthusiasts at the Web site GM-Volt.com. “We 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. Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

insulating or rebuilding Europe’s rickety housing stock could cut heating bills from 30 to 80 per cent, which would slash demand for their product. We have no known Lithium deposits that could sustain domestic battery production. Much of the technology needed is still a distant dream ? but not all of it.

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