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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

Flexo, built in 2003. for “Automated Music Personality,” or AMPbot for short. We were able to get a one-off project to build some little balancing Android Robots for Google, and tour them around to events like Google IO, Google Sandbox, and Google Zeitgeist in London. The product was to be named A.M.P.,

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We So far, most start as hybrids.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And personally I like better simple solutions. In May 2000, Austin Energy planned to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 40% at its Decker and Holly power plants, from 1700 tons per year to less than 1000tpy by 2003. Neutral jakem @ Apr 19th 2009 5:21PM Thats only a better solution for people who have a garage at home.