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Hidden Cameras: What Travelers Need to Know

Baua Electric

This month, Airbnb announced that, starting April 30, the company would ban the use of surveillance cameras in its rentals. Reasonable expectation of privacy’ Though regulations vary by state, more legal protections cover nonconsensual videotaping in private areas such as bedrooms and bathrooms.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. 40 CFR § 80.27 Pursuant to 40 CFR § 80.27(a)(2):

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

He said he’d try to get his boat, a 42-footer with three people on board, back to Atwood’s , a lobster company on Spruce Head Island, Maine. So Stillwell went inside Atwood’s and used his phone to record his conversation with Libby and another man, Duane Maki. He radioed again, this time to say that the pumps had begun to fail.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. Power and Associates 2004 report ].

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

Green Car Congress

Conversely, high coating thicknesses for the electrodes produce a high energy density. The company hopes to launch AWC in 2017. As part of its efforts to further develop fuel cell technology, Audi acquired a package of important patents from the Canadian company Ballard Power Systems Inc. Fuel cell technology. Earlier post.)

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