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Detroit’s Inductive EV Charging Roads: Boon or Boondoggle?

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The company has launched similar programs thanks to government contracts it has in Israel, Sweden, Italy, and Germany. The company is also a Michigan Central Newlab partner which — along with Google, Ford, Newlab, and The City of Detroit — is trying to expand “mobility innovation ecosystems.”

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid. Its a centralised solution.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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“A car must be able to be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France,&# she was quoted saying in an edition of Die Welt to appear Monday. Digg StumbleUpon Facebook MindBodyGreen Hugg Care2 BlinkList Newsvine reddit Furl Tailrank Ma.gnolia Google Bookmarks Yahoo! by RSS or sign up by email.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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In connection with this year’s Group of Eight conference in Italy, China reiterated its opposition to participating in emission reduction plans while at the same time drafting a $440-billion renewable energy package. Reicher is the Director Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google and a was a member of the Presidential Transition Team.

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