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GM’s Maven and Uber to pilot flexible car-sharing offer

Green Car Congress

The 90-day pilot will launch in San Francisco as part of Uber’s Vehicle Solutions program, which provides driver-partners flexible options to access vehicles they can drive on the Uber platform. Insurance coverage is included in the cost of every lease for a weekly price of $179 plus taxes and fees. with more on the way.

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Advanced Biofuels USA receives USDA grant for feasibility study of eastern shore energy beet-to-jetfuel project

Green Car Congress

Also of importance to the economic feasibility of this project are co-products that can provide economic opportunities to rural communities on the Eastern Shore when jetfuel prices are low due to fluctuating petroleum markets. Can the project reduce the cost of meeting Maryland Chesapeake Bay nutrient remediation costs?

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PJM/Better Place study finds unmanaged charging of 1M electric cars could add $750M in annual wholesale energy costs; need for CNO-managed smart charging

Green Car Congress

Simply plugging in one million electric cars (unmanaged or ad hoc charging) could add $750 million in annual wholesale energy costs unless smart charging is adopted, according to a joint study conducted by PJM Interconnection and Better Place, released by Better Place. PJM Market. shows the EV Network load in the TOU Scenario.

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How To Reduce EV Charging Station Costs

EV Connect

Unfortunately, many assume the costs of installing and maintaining EV stations would make them unviable for their business. Largely, these are grouped into two categories: incentives that help refund or pay for installation and maintenance , or cost-reduction programs that knock down the charges before they even hit your bank.

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Mayor Menino Adds Boston

Plug In Partners

Menino Guest Column Thursday, February 2, 2006 Here is part of the Mayor's column. "In The purpose of the campaign is to demonstrate to automobile manufacturers that there is a market for flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles. The cost of charging the battery of a PHEV is estimated to be just 50-75 cents per gallon equivalent.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

.” Although the carshare service model has been well established over the past 15 years, there have been some significant innovations in the market recently. Automakers have entered this market with mixed results, building substantial membership levels in only a few years, but they are also challenged with the new MaaS business model.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

Cars That Think

In Jules Verne’s 1865 novel From the Earth to the Moon , members of the fictitious Baltimore Gun Club, all disabled Civil War veterans, restlessly search for a new enemy to conquer. cutting-edge prosthetic devices on the market. They had spent the war innovating new, deadlier weaponry.