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Hey Google! Lets Reinvent Detroit Together Using Our Creative Greenius Before The Opportunivors Scavenge It

Creative Greenius

I went to Detroit last month and found myself in neighborhoods that looked like they had been attacked by enemy forces, had lost their battle and had now surrendered and in most part been abandoned. No this is a job for the company I’ve long been a stockholder of – Google. photo by Galliani (c). Communications.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

Green Car Congress

In the US program, the city of Torrance, California along with Stanford University and Google Inc., In addition, the city of Torrance will test a plug-in hybrid as a part of the program in 2012. Study the low noise impact of electric vehicles in residential neighborhoods. Solar-powered charging station for the test vehicles.

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No Garage Space to Work In

Open Source Civic EV Kit

I'm considering several options: Sell the 914 EV so I have garage space and more money for parts Lend the 914 EV to a trusted friend so that they can commute with it and save gas while I work on the Civic Park the 914 EV outside and take the risk that it will get stolen by thieves, or dirtied from the outside weather. (I Cheers, Tim.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Yen Meng Jiin/Singapore Press/AP Tan, the third of six brothers, was born and raised in a kampung (village) in the neighborhood of Geylang, Singapore. Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Each vehicle has a home location: a reserved parking space located on a street, driveway, or neighborhood parking lot in the member’s area, to which it must be returned at the end of the reservation. RelayRides/Now Turo RelayRides pioneered peer-to-peer car sharing is part of an emerging trend of the sharing economy.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

CES 2024 was no different with several concept and new vehicle reveals, and technological advancements that will be part of new cars in the coming years. Polestar and Google All Polestar vehicles have Google Built-In , but now the technology will have enhanced features.

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Four Motiv electric shuttle buses deployed in one-year demo in Mountain View, CA

Green Car Congress

The Mountain View Community Shuttle service is aimed at moving residents and visitors through the City between neighborhoods, shopping centers, medical complexes, City facilities, and recreation areas. Google is funding the bus service for the community. The buses went into service last week.