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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

Cars That Think

Wires also challenge electric utilities: These companies must take pains to boost the voltage they apply to their transmission cables to very high values to avoid dissipating most of the power along the way. Perhaps the most dramatic demonstration of safe laser power beaming prior to our team’s effort was by the company.

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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. I don’t think the company is currently producing those numbers. Currently in WFH mode. Quite happy with that. Go Electric yourself.

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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. It is also flex so that future biomass fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, methanol can be used (no oil). Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. and Chrysler.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“If any energy company ignores the long-term impact on future fossil-fuel-backed energy sales, they will be in for a shock.&# So how do energy companies cope with such upheaval? “It took a company from a completely different sector to step in and take control of things ? . but not all of it.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O., Firefly Energy is the most prominent of these companies. In the U.S.

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