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Japan Meteorological Agency: 2009 Tied With 2002, 2003, and 2006 For Third Warmest Year Since Instrumental Records Began

Green Car Congress

ºC above normal, based on the 1971-2000 average, and that 2009 will be tied with 2002, 2003, and 2006 as the third highest record since 1891. 2005, the second hottest year. each circle representing a 5º by 5º grid. Annual global average surface temperatures have been rising at the rate of around +0.68 ºC per century.

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Is green to blame for problems in auto industry?

Green Cars News

He states that the auto CEOs were “in bed&# with the green jobs movement and that between 1994 and 2003, General Motors gave Nature Conservancy more than $19million. He points out that California tried fuel cell buses in 2005 and they cost $3million each compared to $328,000 each for diesel buses.

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Electric Auto Association

More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. An early advocate for green energy, he drove the car to Sacramento in 2003, stopping in Davis, California to charge overnight before testifying before the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Tesla licensed the technology.”

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I Establishing dealer network. Batteries not ready.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there. Whats Vehicle-to-Grid and why would I like it?

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