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Encana challenges EPA draft Pavillion groundwater report

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In its study, EPA re-tested private and public drinking water wells in the community and drilled two independent deep monitoring wells. Encana charged that numerous discrepancies exist in the EPA’s approach, data and analysis, and detailed a few: Encana said that the EPA report ignores the Pavillion field’s unique geology and hydrology.

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EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

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Current EPA regulations require vehicle and engine conversion systems to be covered by a certificate of conformity to gain a regulatory exemption from potential tampering charges. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing 2. Certification application.

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An E-mail from Azure Dynamics about the DMOC445

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Thanks Beth Silverman * From: Tim Kutscha [mailto:tim_kutscha@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 8:34 PM To: Beth Silverman Cc: tim_kutscha@yahoo.com Subject: Re: tapping into the encoder signals to drive the RPM gauge Hi Beth, I hope you had a good two days off last week. pdf file, I didn't think it was active. Is this true?

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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e-Golf customers can drive the vehicle confidently, knowing Volkswagen is addressing the vehicle’s environmental impacts through many stages of its lifecycle from production, distribution and charging. These stands developed from the heavy harvests of the 1950 and 1960s, and have been since re-entered after 1988. Click to enlarge.

Carbon 150
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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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Hinze is the engineer in charge of the rollout of the e-Golf and e-up!). The Golf offers the CCS charging system, enabling both AC and DC fast charging. kW charge to 100% SOC will take about 8 hours; a DC fast charge to 80% SOC will take about 30 minutes. The e-Golf then re-enters the main assembly flow.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it.

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