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Researchers use Google Street View cars for high-resolution air pollution mapping

Green Car Congress

demonstrated a measurement approach to for urban air pollution mapping at 4–5 orders of magnitude greater spatial precision than possible with current central-site ambient monitoring. Air pollution varies very finely in space, and we can’t capture that variation with other existing measurement techniques. —Apte et al.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I mean, when the electricity it uses is produces, pollution still happens, just not "right from your car"? Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

Now they’re understanding it with a gusto all the way from the halls of power in Washington DC to corporate offices across the country. We do that both municipalities and the federal and state governments, but also for corporations like Google, Johnson and Johnson and many others. So that’s fleet.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Along with other industry executives, IBMs Schurr spoke Wednesday morning about smart-grid technologies in Washington, D.C., at the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Smart grid refers to a number of technologies aimed at gathering more data on the flow of electricity through the transmission grid. Video Web 2.0

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

One thing is for sure; - electric cars bring down the air pollution, but they sure create another waste pollution problem. April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. So why don’t journalist ever write the full story? — Kaare Nilsen 2. — Jared 9.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Washington, D.C. Electric cars are part of the electrification of the citys transit system -- along with trackless trolleys, streetcars and light rail -- helping lessen dependence on foreign oil and reduce pollution, Mayor Greg Nickels said. Our transportation system today is about 98 and a half percent based on burning fossil fuels."

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