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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Right now, here in 2008 the cat is on the roof for global warming. You’ll also be finished forever with things like oil changes, tune ups, new air filters and the other maintenance that isn’t necessary with electric cars. So don’t buy another car until you can go electric. ” “What!?

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How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last?

Blink Charging

About 10% of people buying a new car chose an electric one. Li-ion batteries have been around since 1991, but only in 2008 were applied to cars. In 2008, the Tesla Roadster hit the road, ushering in a new era for EVs. EVs are much more sustainable and also need less maintenance. Electric cars are on the rise.

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NYC Goes EV

Revenge of the Electric Car

Many things in your life haven’t changed since 2010 but one thing certainly has: You won’t need to buy gas in order to drive. In 2008, transportation accounted for 22 percent of all city carbon emissions. million metric tons of transportation emissions in 2008. Imagine it is 2013 in New York City. Electric Options.

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Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

Cars That Think

Leng says the journey started for him in 2008, when “I just serendipitously stumbled upon the fact that all the key technologies for making electric VTOL human flight practical were coming to a nexus.”. So who might buy it? Visually, it’s an astounding aircraft, like something from a 1930s pulp sci-fi magazine.

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Automotive Market Research Perspectives on Selling Green in a Try-to-Survive Market

Green Car Congress

The role of emotion in buying cars. We’re not sure how much maintenance cost you are going to incur and quite frankly you many need to replace the battery pack after 3-4 years and it may cost between $3,000-$5,000. Would you buy this vehicle? Gasoline may cost between $3-$5 while you own this vehicle.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

Green Car Congress

Source: DOE, ALBAA 2008. Mini-cells” Source: LG Chem, ALBAA 2008. Source: Alamgir and Sastry (2008). power providers) to buy the battery and lease them to the customer we can make the lease payment very attractive in the end. Mohamed Alamgir and Ann Marie Sastry (2008) Efficient Batteries for Transportation Applications.

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Peugeot E-Expert walk around and first drive

Drive Electric

For those that don’t know us, we have made it our mission since 2008 to help businesses and individuals make the successful transition to electric vehicles. Lease vs buy. Buying a vehicle like this outright can be very expensive even with the up to £8,000 pounds government grant applied.