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First drive in the Maserati Grecale Folgore SUV: Italian luxury is going all-electric and we love it

Baua Electric

I got invited to Southern Italy to take the Grecale Folgore to the road (and off the road) to see if the famed automaker’s niche for power and luxury translates to the all-electric age. As the Grecale Folgore approaches the start of sales soon, Maserati invited media out to its native Italy to test out the SUV first-hand.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“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

Green Car Congress

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. The sponsor is the person who is responsible for the overall execution and has the greatest risk/reward.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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." And personally I like better simple solutions. Neutral jakem @ Apr 19th 2009 5:21PM Thats only a better solution for people who have a garage at home.

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Whatever Happened to the Population Bomb?

Cars That Think

Some affluent nations have had below-replacement TFRs for several decades ( Germany since 1970, Italy since 1976), but this fertility retreat has now deepened to such an extent that substantial population declines by 2050 are now inescapable in at least a quarter of the world's nations. children per woman. TFRs below 1.5

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Google More options INSIDE SEATTLEPI.COM Day in Pictures Performers in Hong Kong and more David Horsey Pup tent Republicans. I realize not everybody has two cars in their household, but a lot of America does," he said, adding that other options included renting a car when needed or using a flex-car program.

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