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After 50 Years, Digital Voices Speak Again

Cars That Think

“Ali Baba knew how men buy lime.”. The beach is dry and shallow at low tide.”. Due to their low cost, thin form factor, and pliability, flexi discs became the medium of choice for magazine publishers who wished to supplement articles with audio content. Few thieves are never sent to the judge.”.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. As America downsizes and SUVs go unpurchased, GM’s diehards put inefficient if zero-emission H2/FCV Equinoxes in advertisements and a few dozen driveways to which they remain tethered by unavailable fuel. (By

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ONE’s hybrid battery pack combines the best aspects of two chemistries to deliver 600 miles of EV range

Charged EVs

The company calls this dual-chemistry hybrid pack Gemini, and recently told Charged that it is enabled by utilizing cutting-edge cell technologies and a proprietary high-power-density DC-DC converter. The challenge is that anode-free cells still have low cycle life. In January, ONE retrofitted a Tesla Model S with an experimental 203.7

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

This does not mean that you will not be able to buy that Cadillac or Corvette you have been admiring. There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. This effectively means that the owner of a new PHEV can buy a new vehicle and most of its fuel for the next 20 years.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) People wont buy a full car. Establishing dealer network. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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