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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). Sina is an online media company serving China and the global Chinese communities.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

in chinese ?, Search This Blog Previous Post: Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival Next Post: From War Bonds to Environment Bonds Comment of the Moment “ Keep up the good work, Boehner! And thats not even the half of it, can anyone say …GODZILLA ,,,its GODZILLA!

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What If Europe Loses Russian Natural Gas?

Cars That Think

But Rosenow explains that “there is a shortage of installers in Europe; there is a shortage of kit.” Mutasiak has been working with climate activist Bill McKibben , who just a few days after war broke out proposed in a blog post that the Biden administration invoke the Defense Production Act to lend U.S.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. .  will be unveiling its IDEA, a 100 miles-per-gallon plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The 100 m.p.g. mark has pretty much been the Holy Grail in the land of alternative vehicles for some time.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

And he assured me that Oben is not taking the Chinese assembler route to market. To jot down those will take an entirely new blog, but here’s a sample. For me it turned out to be a good tech demonstrator for what makes BYD the king of Chinese roads. They have not put the bike to too many road tests.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. Search This Blog Previous Post: The Promise of a Better Light Bulb?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ). Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, Product Development, and Chairman, GM North America in GMs Fastlane Blog ) 7/26/06 But Micky Bly, engineering director of GMs hybrid programs, says the lithium-ion batteries required by the plug-ins drive up costs, making them difficult to market. ( Red Herring ).

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