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FTC Launches “Combating Auto Retail Scams” Rule

The Truth About Cars

The FTC says these efforts are designed to “add truth and transparency to the car buying and leasing process by making it clear that certain deceptive or unfair practices are illegal,” basically making CARS a promise to consumers that the government still understands how business is supposed to be conducted. electric vehicle subsidies).

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Drones That Can Fly Better Than You Can

Cars That Think

Now [inaudible] try to play in a fair comparison with a fair setting where both the autonomous drone and the human-piloted drone are using both onboard perceptions or egocentric vision, then things might end up differently. Having said that, we did— we put out a blog post on this. So today we don’t model— we estimate the wind.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Yeah, go buy a 59k Tesla that can go 200 miles… then your screwed, sure go park and get a hotel and charge it for 8 hours… then go another 200 miles, great for long trips i’m sure. How about using a competition sailplane for comparison, instead? I would buy a Volt for $40K. — Ken Smith 4. — Tony 11.

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Electric Scooter vs Petrol Scooter : Huge benefits for India

Plug In India

In the blog/video, we bust many myths and we show how electric scooters offer huge social and societal benefits for India. So pledge to go electric when you are in the market to buy a new scooter and save our cities from air pollution. When you start an electric scooter, you can listen to the wind and birds! It is terrible.

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How Much Privacy Do You Really Have In Modern Vehicles?

The Truth About Cars

For the sake of comparison, streaming a 2-hour video at 1080p HD and 60 frames per second is only about 6 gigabytes. It looked into 25 popular brands representing a majority of the vehicles people tend to buy and determined that none of them are seriously interested in protecting your privacy. Though they weren’t all equal.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we also recommend you look at the FAQ at the Climate Progress Blog and the FAQ by Hybrids-Plus , an after-market converter of hybrid cars, for answers to many questions! How about a car-mounted wind-generator? See our How to Get a PHEV page for detailed information on PHEV buying options. When can I convert my Prius?

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Posted by: J-Bob | Apr 13, 2009 4:48:10 PM "Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996.

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