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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

Cars That Think

Once the dust had settled, Cerf sent an email to his old friend Eric Schmidt, who had been hired as CEO of Google in 2001. “Hi He weathered years of business turmoil—mergers begun and abandoned, MCI’s acquisition by WorldCom, and finally a declaration of bankruptcy in 2003 and sale to Verizon in 2005. Hi Eric, would you like some help?”

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. As part of the culling, GM has the option to re-badge vehicles from the non-core brands, such as the Pontiac G8, Opel Insignia and Saturn Vue. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system. by Bill Cooke.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Google founder Sergey Brin drove one of the 2001 Th!nk Contracts for lithium batteries for the plug-in hybrid Saturn Vue and the Chevrolet Volt have received much press. A number of websites ( webpronews.com , pandia.com ) are reporting that Google may be getting more involved with Th!nk I believe Google would find Th!

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

model in 2001 by the DOEs Argonne National Lab estimates hybrids reduce greenhouse gases by 22%, and plug-in hybrids by 36% (see table 2). A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). The GREET 1.6 See the press release , EPRI announcement and Daimlers description (with graphics).

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