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

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. are looking for opportunities, there is also strong suspicion that others are trying to preserve their vested interests and slow the pace of change in Brussels, the main driver of European climate regulation.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ). "People wont buy a full car. In the same timeframe, we also expect to have our first demonstration vehicles that use E-Flex.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

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Join lifestyle influencers Coral Golding, Dean Bartle, Grace Beverly and share your eco changes on social media, remembering to tag us when you do! We need marine areas where deep sea mining is banned, commercial fishing is prevented, oil and gas exploration is ceased and pollution inputs are tightly regulated.

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

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Posted by: TR Bob | Apr 13, 2009 6:39:06 PM The EV1 was a cynical strategy GM developed and produced just long enough to appease the Cal Air Quality Board -- until, that is, they could engineer a change in the regulations. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Once that was achieved, no more EV1.

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