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LEAF – Made in the UK

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Nissan Leaf was a big feature of the Washington Auto Show last month, and the vehicle has been praised for its eco-friendly virtues. Speaking to the BBC, Lord Mandelson said: “By working together we can achieve our aim of making the UK a world-leader in ultra-low carbon vehicles.”. Government ministers backed the move by Nissan.

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Practical Power Beaming Gets Real

Cars That Think

To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. Naval Research Laboratory , in Washington, D.C., Army’s Blossom Point test facility south of Washington, D.C. Can the same basic physics be harnessed to replace wires today? They used 9.7-gigahertz

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

7 ] BBC Radio 4 World At One: Transcript of Connie Hedegaard and John Prescott on Climate Change , 16 November 2009. [ Washington Post Foreign Service, 22 November 2009. [ Reuters , 14/15 November 2009. [ 5 ] Alister Doyle: Climate talks seek to salvage UN Copenhagen deal. Reuters UK, 15 November 2009. [

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

His previous experience includes four years in Southeast Asia, where he was the editor in chief of The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh and oversaw coverage of environmental issues like uncontrolled logging.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wald , Washington Other Correspondents Leora Broydo Vestel, Nick Chambers, Azadeh Ensha, Jared Flesher, Joe Hutsko, John Lorinc, Erik Olsen, Libby Tucker On the Web: Energy & Environment TREEHUGGER Hayden Begley and Green Kids on Nick News AUTOBLOGGREEN Peapod will use iPhone as nav system, green driving advisor, and - huh?

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

His previous experience includes four years in Southeast Asia, where he was the editor in chief of The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh and oversaw coverage of environmental issues like uncontrolled logging.

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