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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

They are usually delivery vehicles working within a neighborhood, and are on the road for 6-8 hour a day and are recharged overnight. In May 2008, the Telegraph newspaper in the UK reported that British drivers paid 57 pence/liter or $2.99/ gallon of diesel in excise tax which doesn’t include the value added tax. The Edison is a 3.5

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

Green Car Congress

We want to be a one stop shop, a center of excellence, for engineering and manufacturing located in North America because when I was on the other side as a Chief Engineer for the Escape Hybrid at Ford that was one thing I was looking for but couldn't find very easily. Source: DOE, ALBAA 2008. Source: Alamgir and Sastry (2008).

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

Each vehicle has a home location: a reserved parking space located on a street, driveway, or neighborhood parking lot in the member’s area, to which it must be returned at the end of the reservation. The company abandoned North America and now operates only in Europe under the Share Now brand.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles. Outside of North America, 2008 was the second-best sales year in the last decade and the third-best ever for Chrysler International. In 2008, the Foundation gave approximately $21 million in charitable donations. Oh, and the whole electric thing is good too.

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