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Ford working with Google Prediction API to enable vehicles independently to change behavior for optimal driveability and fuel efficiency

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At the 2011 Google I/O developer conference this week, Ford researchers presented a conceptual case of how the Google Prediction API could alter the performance of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. Integral to this next-step work is personal information security.

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Sandia researchers developing new family of metal-based ionic liquids for low-cost, efficient flow batteries

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A MetIL based flow battery is attractive. current applications in gas treatment, personal care and. Anderson (2011) MetILs: A Family Of Metal Ionic Liquids For Redox Flow Batteries (Electrical Energy Storage Applications & Technologies (EESAT) Conference). technology to achieve aggressive capital cost goals of $100.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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Networks that link personal computers in offices. A later version of that tester, based on an Alto personal computer, also developed at PARC, ended up being used by Intel itself on its production line. If it was a personal computer, you had to be able to build 100.” Colorful weather maps on TV news programs. Laser printers.

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Technology Review: First Plug-in Hybrid to Be Sold in the United States

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Powered by Share » Digg this Add to del.icio.us JD Power estimates that Tesla will sell 500 to 800 cars next year, while Fisker Automotive is expected to sell more than 10,000. [1] By Kevin Bullis Audio » Listen - Flash Listen - MP3 Subscribe to podcast What is this? Add to Reddit Add to Facebook Slashdot It!

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News: Toyota and Lexus Reveal 15 Upcoming EVs

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During a press conference on its battery EV strategies, Toyota and Lexus revealed 15 new upcoming production and concept battery electric vehicles, including sports cars, SUVs, sedans and commercial vehicles. “We Toyota’s EV press conference was followed by a Q&A session. Showroom of the Future. A smaller EV box.

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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. must create a strong electric car industry. The answer may lie in Silicon Valley.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. A Fiat-based battery powered small car is slated for production shortly after the Circuit, according to Chryslers viability plan.