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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

Road rallies were held in Juneau, Alaska , where local and state elected officials riding the city’s first electric bus led the way, and in Muskegon, Michigan , where 70 participants in 40 cars, motorcycles, and a golf cart, navigated a 150-mile circuit from Muskegon to Holland to Grand Rapids and back to Muskegon.

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

Green Car Congress

A person sitting in the Palo Alto laboratory can access real-time video streamed over existing 4G/LTE technology to drive golf carts thousands of miles away. This could help lead to more affordable and effective ways to manage car-sharing initiatives, or park vehicles remotely as a new form of valet parking.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

Projects include: Big Data Drive, Dearborn, Michigan. Using Georgia Tech-owned golf carts to prove out the technology, a person sitting in a remote location can access real-time video streamed over LTE to drive the carts. Vehicle data might enable lower insurance rates for good drivers. Remote Repositioning, Atlanta.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla.