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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

You Can Buy Level 2 Today. Today, you can also buy Level 2 vehicles such as the Volvo XC90 with Intellisafe semi-autonomous capabilities such as lane keep, maintaining a safe distance from the car in front, and a 360-degree camera. DOT, NHTSA and the University of Michigan. This includes both occupied and unoccupied vehicles.

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Coulomb Technologies to Provide 4,600 Free Home and Public Charging Stations Through ChargePoint America Program

Green Car Congress

the San Jose/San Francisco Bay Area, California; Redmond, Wash.; The ChargePoint America project will collect data characterizing vehicle use and charging patterns, and Purdue University and Idaho National Labs will analyze the data. Sacramento, Calif.; and Washington DC. Richard Lowenthal, CEO of Coulomb Technologies.

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July/August '06 - Activists Promote the Film, Ford Retreats on Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

The audiences universally want to know what they can do, given the unavailablility of plug-in cars on the market. Tell your local dealer you’ll buy a hyrid with a plug. Watch the story on the Raging Grannies in San Jose.) Plug In America has put together a list of actions we can take. see www.pluginamerica.com) 1.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. from the University of Utah , joined the center in 1978, he immediately began work on a new printer protocol. San Jose, Calif., Thereupon the typical PARC engineer would simplify the image.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. San Jose, Calif., While working toward his Ph.D.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and San Diego, a combination of green consciousness and enthusiasm for new technology seems to be stirring public interest in the cars. Nearby, in downtown San Jose, the city has reserved street parking for electric vehicles and installed charging stations.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People will likely not buy plug-ins without big federal tax breaks." ( Reuters ) 11/29/06 [In response to GMs announcement at the LA Auto Show], Ford Group marketing manager Cisco Codina said the answer for now is full hybrids, like the latest version of its Ford Escape hybrid SUV unveiled at the show. ( People wont buy a full car.

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