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Greentech Media | Japan Accounts for 70% of Electric Vehicle Patents

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Email Japan Accounts for 70% of Electric Vehicle Patents A new report from Japan's Patent Office has found that the country comprises most of the patents for electric vehicles, which include EVs, hybrids and fuel cell vehicles. The number nearly doubled from 9,034 in 1995 to 2000. All rights reserved. " ); Tags: evdriven.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Report errors or inaccuracies: reader@guardian.co.uk Report errors or inaccuracies: reader@guardian.co.uk David Mitchell: Ill tell you what really offends me - political opportunism More top stories Most talked about {for blog_item in blogs} ${parseInt(blog_item_index) + 1}. My Web del.icio.us My Web del.icio.us

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IIHS Worried About Rear Seat Passengers After Lackluster Small Car Testing

The Truth About Cars

Following the introduction of an updated version of its moderate overlap crash test, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has reported that five of the most popular small cars sold in the United States had failed to receive a “Good” rating due to simulated injuries sustained among rear passengers.

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

GM’s bad boy Bob Lutz even appeared on the Colbert Report, to mixed result. As Joe Romm wrote at his Climate Progress blog : We currently use natural gas to produce 22% of our electricity.” Tags: joe romm pickens plan t boone pickens al gore cng. Hundreds of articles were published asking if the Volt can save GM.

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