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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

Cars That Think

Who, after all, hasn’t tired of having to plug in and unplug their phone and other rechargeable gizmos? Indeed, it’s hard to recharge or power a device when the air gap is just a few centimeters, much less a few meters. Wires have a lot going for them when it comes to moving electric power around, but they have their drawbacks too.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s Give them the choice, and they’ll shift.

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

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I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said. Apple coming from the computer industry to deliver iTunes and the iPod,&# he added.

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

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Recycling of dead cells will become a big spin-off industry just like re-built motors are today, and all will be well in America, slower, but off of oil, and better, more sustainable - you know, more “Granola&# — Uncle B 8. I also wrote an article about cars and what’s good and not good. link] — Adam Carter 11.

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