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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. will be competing for the same finite supplies of oil and gas. must create a strong electric car industry.

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

Green Car Congress

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., January 2009 | Conversations The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). After all, it takes someone who refers to his Prius as “the gas guzzler&# and his Culver City, Calif., Is this discouraging?

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." Reply ↓ ↑ report 3 Snowdog 6:22PM (4/17/2009) Totally agree. ↓ ↑ report 5 Snoopy 12:21PM (4/19/2009) Haha!

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Marc Gunther Last Updated: April 13, 2009: 9:29 AM ET Warren Buffett with BYDs E6. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US The car came straight to Omaha from the Detroit auto show.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The hundreds of thousands of new cars being added every year to roads in China could further damage already shaky air quality if they are oil-based vehicles. You can search for auto parts by OEM Number or reference number , and get result in both Product and Catalog list. This news story has been successfully emailed to you friend(s).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Slide and summary table last modified February 2, 2009. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009. Batteries not ready.

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