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Ford Starts EV Test Drives

Revenge of the Electric Car

company prepares to introduce battery-powered models as early as next year. company prepares to introduce battery-powered models as early as next year. The company is already trying out battery-powered vehicles in London, Meier said. “Ford Motor Co. 4 as the U.S. 28 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

In our always-on, sensor-laden, Internet-connected world, shouldn't technology have done better? A much better way to conserve battery power would be to use none of it at all until the system actually had important data to transmit. The sensor would trigger the computer to power up, process the data, and transmit it.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

will lead a “smart charging” pilot project, connecting 200 cars to special charging stations that let utilities control the electrical demand at a given moment. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines. And later this year P.G.&E. Nissan plans to build the Leaf in Tennessee eventually.).