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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

However, common themes seemed to be the availability of electrified powertrains, engaging designs, and a bevy of features. Most of the relevant studies are several years old, frequently rope in the European market, and typically list high-volume models that are purchased by just as many men (e.g. Honda Civic).

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

However, common themes seemed to be the availability of electrified powertrains, engaging designs, and a bevy of features. Most of the relevant studies are several years old, frequently rope in the European market, and typically list high-volume models that are purchased by just as many men (e.g. Honda Civic).

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EPRI Analysis estimates costs of fully developing US smart grid could reach $476B; benefits up to $2T

Green Car Congress

The analysis updates EPRI’s 2004 EPRI assessment, which estimated the cost of implementing a smart grid at $165 billion. The Smart Grid will allow the benefits resulting from the rapid growth of renewable power generation and storage as well as the increased use of electric vehicles to become available to consumers.

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American Airlines to be launch customer for Boeing ecoDemonstrator program; flight testing a range of new technologies to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and noise

Green Car Congress

Drop-in alternative fuels will require no significant modifications to aircraft and engines and with a goal of performing more efficiently, and cleaner than current fossil-based fuels. Received and deployed 45 new Boeing 737 aircraft in 2010 that are 35% more fuel-efficient on an available seat-mile basis than the MD-80 aircraft replaced.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. IBM lowered the PCjr's price, added functions, and tried to persuade dealers to promote it, to no avail. It did not matter that Microsoft's software was notorious for having bugs or that IBM's was far cleaner. In 1995, IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The new regulations will drive up the price of such conversions, putting them out of reach for most Prius owners, and ensuring that the only way to purchase a next generation eco-friendly car will be from one of the world’s two largest auto companies. 3Prong Power only works on Prius model years 2004 to 2009.

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