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When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Homeowners can illuminate the eaves with iridescent icicles, shroud their shrubs with twinkling mesh nets, or mount massive menorahs on their minivans. debuted electric Christmas lights when he lit up 80 hand-wired bulbs on a tree in the parlor of his New York City home. Linda Hall Library , in Kansas City, Mo.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

Outfitting of a high-volume manufacturing facility to build DC Bus Capacitors for the electric drive vehicle industry. Develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. Manufacturing: Michigan and Kansas City, MO; Deployment: several utility partners’ fleets. Powerex, Inc.

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