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Ford tests Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicles driving in complete darkness

Green Car Congress

Driving in pitch black at Ford Arizona Proving Ground marks the next step on the company’s efforts to delivering fully autonomous vehicles. million laser pulses a second to precisely scan the surrounding environment. Sure enough, it stayed precisely on track along those winding roads. LiDAR sensors shoot out 2.8

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The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

Plug in America

Hans Klose of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and a Plug In America board member was recently named president of the new Native American chapter of Drive Electric Arizona, the first Native American chapter in the country. With the designation, Tribes have a greater say in the way electricity is delivered and managed.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. About Gas 2.0 About Gas 2.0

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Tucson, Arizona). Caltrode, Inc.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

These zoning decisions blow in whatever direction the development winds are gusting in the city at the moment and there is no consistency, logic or equity in the decisions made. Well you look at Germany and four companies vie for each roof space. I’ve been amazed that most companies seem to front the cost, even start ups.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

ultra You might also like: Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More The Chinese BYD F3DM, First Mass Produced Electric Car, Fails with Consumers GM Ditches Volt for Geo Metro Hybrid? The tango (commuter cars) says they only need 50 million to become profitable. This is a drop in the bucket.

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2022 Lucid Air: The makers of the first 500-mile EV should be taken seriously

Charged EVs

In Mercedes terms, the company says, it has the (mid-size) footprint of an E-Class sedan, but the wheelbase and the cabin space of a (full-size) S-Class. Inside, the buyer has a choice of interior themes (“looks,” really), each intended to evoke a different sort of luxurious environment. Photos courtesy of John Voelcker.

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