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Honda EV concepts, Kia electric vans, Vinfast pickup concept, Hertz dumps EVs: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

To make enough hydrogen, it plans megawatt-scale electrolyzers plus Waste-to-Hydrogen and Plastic-to-Hydrogen innovations. The rental-car giant Hertz has announced that it’s selling a third of its EV fleet —about 20,000 EVs, including some Teslas—to buy gasoline cars. Looking at 14 different U.S.

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Ford 2017 trends report: disruption the status quo, “never more difficult” to find objective information

Green Car Congress

An abundance of choice matched with uncertainty in the marketplace is bringing about a reluctance to commit—giving rise to a “sampling society” that prioritizes trying over buying. Further, Flint, Michigan, is a reminder that water contamination is as pressing an issue for developed nations as it is for emerging ones.

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BMW Announces National Adaptive EV Charging System Expansion

The Truth About Cars

That’s progressive-corporate speak for charging vehicles when the demand for electricity is lower to ensure less energy is wasted. While just about all of them offer conveniences and remote connectivity features beyond our ancestors' wildest dreams, the person buying them often cedes a staggering amount of control.

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Honda launches first plug-in hydrogen fuel cell EV

Baua Electric

The specs The CR-V e:FCEV is the first car to use the Japanese brand’s second-gen fuel cell module, codeveloped by General Motors and assembled in Michigan. The company plans to rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs , from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

Networks that link personal computers in offices. a small mainframe computer company that Taylor had tried to convince Xerox to buy as a way of starring up PARC. A later version of that tester, based on an Alto personal computer, also developed at PARC, ended up being used by Intel itself on its production line. Laser printers.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. must create a strong electric car industry. The answer may lie in Silicon Valley. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. It is based on the Segway Personal Transporter but holds two people, instead of one, and lets them sit, instead of stand. You can buy it now. Check it out. Maybe three.

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