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London Taxi relaunches as London EV Company; order for 225 vehicles from The Netherlands

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London Taxi Company (LTC) has relaunched as London EV Company (LEVC), marking the next stage in the company’s transformation. LEVC also revealed the final version of the new London Taxi—the TX—and its eCity technology comprising an advanced battery electric powertrain with a small gasoline generator.

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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Air quality in the US may be linked with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy according to new research from Imperial College London and the Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions at Carnegie Mellon University. µg/m 3 ), with the lowest amount recorded in Apache County, Arizona (2.8 The highest concentration of PM 2.5

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Ford forms new Smart Mobility subsidiary to develop and to invest in mobility services

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Ford says that this year it will have the largest test fleet of autonomous vehicles of any automaker, with vehicles on the road in California, Arizona and Michigan. Autonomous vehicles. Ford also is the first to test autonomous vehicles in the snow. Earlier post.)

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Swedish researchers explore use of carbon fiber as active electrode in structural battery for electric vehicles

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million to four separate projects (led by Stanford University, UC San Diego, Arizona State University, and Penn State) to develop multifunctional structural batteries for vehicles as part of its RANGE program for transformative EV storage. These are a trunk lid and a plenum cover, tested within the Volvo S80. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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"Spirit" Takes On An International Touch of Sorts at London Bridge, Lake Havasu, before Setting Sail for a "Sense of Yuma" - Tuesday, 8 Dec 09

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EVer a'Plug'n Arizona, "Spirit" & EVJerry (202) 486-5450. Tags: Lake Havasu " Spirit"at London Bridge. Now finding my "sense of Yuma" and tomorrow beckons to be bright at the Rotary Club, right there at the Ramada at 6:30AM, as a guest of Mike Perry, definitely a solar kind of guy! Stand by to stand by!

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Solar and Battery Companies Rattle Utility Powerhouses

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The UK-based energy developer's just broken ground on a new four-acre battery storage site outside London, its third such site. In Germany, the large industrial utility RWE started its own battery unit and is now operating small energy storage sites in Germany and in Arizona. Harmony Energy seems pretty pleased.

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"Spirit" Back at Home Sweet Bisbee But With Safford in Graham Cty and Clifford in Greenlee Cty as well as Bookmans in Mind

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The "Spirit" is all charged up, but it's not quite the same for EVJerr, except mentally where it comes to next "Plug-in Arizona" EVentures. Check out the following coverage: The Arizona Daily Star - [link] Fox 11 News - [link] Arizona Spotlight/NPR - [link] It's now back to R & R'ing while planning the next "Plug-in Arizona" runs.

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