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

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a key EARTH2TECH GE Looking to Tap $2 Trillion of Stimulus Spending DOT EARTH CO2 = Pollution. Region Business Technology Science Health Sports Opinion Arts Style Travel Jobs Real Estate Autos Back to Top Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company Privacy Policy Search Corrections RSS First Look Help Contact Us Work for Us Media Kit Site Map.

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

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Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. Search This Blog Previous Post: The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? April 10, 2009 11:51 am Link The electric car is only part of the story in Portland. Wind, hydro, DC transmission lines, and smart grid electronics are also Portland strengths.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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

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If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem. The intolerable act is to pretend that making cars into plug-ins will reduce CO2.

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