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Blink Charging Celebrates Women in the Electric Vehicle Industry

Blink Charging

She drove a Detroit Electric Model 47 Brougham model car , as electric cars were considered safer than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in the early 20 th century, which had a tendency to experience occasional explosions. an EV charger repair company, are passionate advocates for diversity and inclusion in the EV field.

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Michigan State University Receives $2.5M ARPA-E Award to Build Wave Disc Engine/Generator for Series Hybrid Applications

Green Car Congress

The WDG also can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 95 percent in comparison to modern internal combustion vehicle engines. In 1986, Mazda introduced the Mazda 626 Cappela model, which had a 2-liter diesel engine equipped with a Comprex wave rotor (from BBC) used as a supercharger. Norbert Müller. The Wave Disc Engine.

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Magna to Acquire Opel

Green Car Congress

The German government has agreed to Magna International acquiring Opel from GM. GM may keep a 35% stake in the company, while 10% would be owned by Opel employees. The deal was announced early Saturday morning in Berlin by Germany’s finance minister. Fiat had said it would cut 10,000 jobs.

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Environmentalists fight for green domain

Green Cars News

According to the BBC , rival consortiums are preparing bids to control the.eco domain. “We’re two different applicants with two different business ideas,&# Minor Childers, co-founder of Dot Eco, told BBC News. Environmental groups are preparing to try to take control of a new net domain designed for green groups.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

He saw this scheme chiefly as a way for companies to smooth out the volatility of sales and make their business more predictable. A Second Pillar Elias Stein Pillar 2 involves Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world’s largest cloud-computing company. But Amazon/AWS could offer a form of partnership with some or all of these big companies.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

Also reduces overheads for the company. I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. The company had hired 20 Innovas for media transport, two journalists per car. 2018 was when they went International. I don’t think the company is currently producing those numbers. Currently in WFH mode.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About $750 million is needed for near-term Volt development, according to the company. Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. Short sighted company with a CEO that should have been fired long ago. the viability of GM as a company.

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