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Responsible Battery Coalition and U Michigan launch study to compare electric and gas vehicle lifetime costs

Green Car Congress

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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New UK gov’t approves 3 huge solar farms & wants to expand rooftop installs

Baua Electric

Combined, these three projects account for 1.35GW, or about 2/3 as much as the total solar capacity installed in the UK last year. In addition to this weekend’s solar announcements, last week, Miliband lifted restrictions that had been put on onshore wind that had amounted to a “de facto” ban on its installation. Get started here. –

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Ford introduces Mustang Mach-E Rally variant

Green Car Congress

With all the gravel customers will kick up, the underside gets protective shielding for the front and rear motors, protective film on the door cladding and fender arches to help reduce paint chips, and available dealer-installed styled mud flaps to reduce debris spray. The latest generation of software, BlueCruise 1.3,

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Ford Mustang Mach-E passes Michigan State Police standards, fleet inclusion to be determined

Teslarati

The Ford Mustang Mach-E all-electric vehicle became the first EV to pass the rigorous testing standards set by the Michigan State Police to have a vehicle be considered for inclusion in its fleet. Accommodate the required communications and emergency warning equipment and assess the relative difficulty of such installations.”

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

It was neither as clean looking nor as slick as the Aurora show car, but could be installed without major changes to the dash. When it arrived, the Oldsmobile Eighty Eight became the first production car available in the United States with a GPS navigation system. It was available on all three models for 1996. Let me know.

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Chevrolet to Produce 10,000 Volts in 2011 and 30,000 in 2012; 50-State Availability 12-18 Months After Launch

Green Car Congress

DiSalle also confirmed that the first Volts available for retail sales will be sold in California; Washington, D.C.; Volts are expected to arrive at dealerships in Michigan, New Jersey, Connecticut, as well as the balance of Texas and New York in the first quarter of 2011. Earlier post.).

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You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger

Baua Electric

Once installed, GM Energy’s home EV chargers will enable customers to send power from a compatible GM EV to their home in the face of increasing power outages across the US. Customers can purchase GM Energy’s V2H bundle through current GM mobile brand apps. GM has partnered with home EV charging installer Qmerit.