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Axion Power to supply PbC mini Power Cube in Zero Energy Building in Washington DC Naval Yard

Green Car Congress

the developer of advanced lead­carbon PbC batteries and energy storage systems ( earlier post ), was awarded a purchase order from SilTek Inc. for participation in a Zero Energy Building in the Washington DC Naval Yard. Axion Power International, Inc., The principal contractor for the project is Herndon VA-based SilTek Inc.

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The influencer

Electric Auto Association

2003 Washington Post article on crushing of EV1s. Early EV1 adopter While at graduate school in electrical engineering at Cornell University in Ithica, New York, Cox heard about the GM Impact , an electric vehicle (EV) program that General Motors had with Hughes Aircraft, a firm it had recently purchased. “I

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The First U.S. Human-Operated Submersible Changed the Course of Oceanography

Cars That Think

During a 1956 symposium about deep-sea exploration held in Washington, D.C., Navy purchased Trieste in 1958 to conduct research. Propulsion equipment was housed in the back of the vehicle along with three lead-acid batteries and five buoyancy spheres, which controlled its vertical movement.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Governor Kulongoski is currently pushing a plan before the state legislature to cut some hefty tax breaks for electric vehicle manufacturers who choose to come to Oregon, as well as provide huge tax credits to purchasers of electric cars. “My at least, the recycling infrastructure for the well-established lead-acid batteries is robust.

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