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EVndeavoring to Do a Month or Two in Review Since July, August. with "Spirit of DC" Hang'in in Phoenix and EVJerry Taking on "Power of DC".

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Jerry is the owner of a PHEV Prius with Plug in Supply conversion kit, plus solar panels on the roof installed by Bob Bruninga, Naval Academy engineering professor. This will provide some, but not all, of the juice needed to keep the FunRunintheSun going 200 miles per day. Washington DC to California and back in 30 days. 6000+ miles.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. 2:54 PM Anonymous said.

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

Plug In India

His garage currently houses, apart from the e2o, a Toyota Prius and an Isuzu pickup. To jot down those will take an entirely new blog, but here’s a sample. Here is a link to the blog based on that talk: [link] Zarryl Lobo had recommended that we meet with Jayram at Conoor. He also owned a MG eZS for a year.

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Greentech Media | ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

And we all won’t be driving a Prius either – I’ll have my electric pickup truck in a few years too. by: Jonathan Read, President and CEO, ECOtality June 24, 2008 ECOtality CEO Jonathan Read. Aside from the support of large automakers, common sense dictates that electric transportation will prevail.

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will also look at other places, such as garages, gyms, movie theaters and museums, to ease consumer concerns about running out of juice, he said. Davids said his family meets its need for longer trips by also owning a hybrid Prius. "I These public charging stations are really the pill to solve the disease we call range anxiety."

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. E-mail: Password: Enter your AOL or AIM screenname and password. Follow us on Twitter!

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Let them go bankrupt.

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