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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

While we cannot say exactly how much their input informed individual models, the concept of Volvo’s “Female Customer Reference Group” actually stuck around after being established in the 1980s. Sadly, the only car we know for certain where the female crew was heavily involved in planning likewise ended up going nowhere.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

While we cannot say exactly how much their input informed individual models, the concept of Volvo’s “Female Customer Reference Group” actually stuck around after being established in the 1980s. Sadly, the only car we know for certain where the female crew was heavily involved in planning likewise ended up going nowhere.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

This opinion piece originally appeared in the Field-to-Pump blog, published by Renergie, Inc. ]. The distilleries were referred to as “stills” and the alcohol became known during the Prohibition period as “moonshine.” Tags: Ethanol Perspective Policy. by Brian J. Donovan, CEO Renergie, Inc. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in Brazil.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

More data needs to be gathered before we truly understand whether the lack of a running engine makes a difference in pedestrian safety. Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms."

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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! But when people talk about payback, they refer only to the net dollars to the driver. What about battery safety? Tags: evdriven.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Carmakers response to real and specific concerns about battery lifetime, up-front costs, and safety issues is to focus on engineering and testing for an unspecified number of years. Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ).

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

That’s not too bad, if battery prices keep going down, then a BEV-100 of near cost parity (referring to same size of car) becomes possible. Electrical safety can be engineered in whatever voltage is used. Than… 10 Monitoring Tools Bringing Smart Energy Home Technology news - Techvibes Blog : [.]