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Chevrolet Canada begins taking orders for the Volt starting at C$41,545; Volts a showroom draw in US

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Participating Chevrolet dealers in seven key launch markets across Canada have begun taking orders for the all-new 2012 Chevrolet Volt, with an MSRP starting at C$41,545 (US$43,568). Within twelve months of the retail launch, Volt will be available at dealerships nation-wide.

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OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

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OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. Click to enlarge.

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Altair Nanotechnologies Receives $850,000 Purchase Order for Li-ion Modules from Proterra

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These 24-volt battery modules utilize Altairnano’s 50Ah cell, feature a 10-minute charge when coupled with appropriate charging facilities and provide a cycle life up to 9,000 100% depth of discharge cycles. The modules will primarily be used in the production of all-electric, 35-foot Proterra FCBE 35 transit buses.

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ARBOC launches its first fully-accessible, battery-electric low-floor bus: Equess CHARGE

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The Equess CHARGE also includes a roof-mounted battery thermal management system, Siemens inverter rack assemblies (with 702 volts primary and 460 volts secondary), Parker Vansco electric controls and multiplexing, and will be compatible with a depot charger with a common CCS Type 1 plug.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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Its LSI Group, headed at that time by Albert Charpentier, had been responsible for some of the chips that went into Commodore’s VIC-20 home computer, but that project was already well into production. “We The initial production cost of the Commodore 64 was targeted at $130; it turned out to be $135. It was just common sense.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

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To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. This also allows a Prius to perform much like the Chevy Volt, but for a much lower cost.”.

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