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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

Clean Fleet Report

Keep an Emergency Kit in your Electric Vehicle. Arming yourself with an emergency car kit can help give you peace of mind if you happen to get stranded in the elements. It should include items such as granola bars, a reflective blanket, rope or cordage and a first aid kit.

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Volkswagen takes stake in German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); autonomous driving and the digital factory

Green Car Congress

In a joint project, Volkswagen and DFKI have started further to develop the software framework ROCK (Robotics Construction Kit) to allow direct, close cooperation between human beings and robots. Google Germany GmbH. A further exhibit was concerned with automobile fleet data. and driver assistance systems. CLAAS Group.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The kit is designed so the batteries can be upgraded to lithium-phosphate.) 25 or more gets you a bumper sticker.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Contact LMirisola@. Contact Ewan Pritchard at epritcha@advancedenergy.org.

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