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Test drive: 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV balances efficiency and style

Baua Electric

Strong wind and rain lowered the efficiency on the latter. Interestingly, integrated Google Maps for navigation realized this and told me when I would need to charge to reach my destination—despite the range meter saying I’d make it. On two highway 200-plus-mile road trips the Blazer EV averaged 2.7

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Rental Review: 2023 Toyota Corolla LE, Aged Basic Transportation

The Truth About Cars

Although it looks cheap, the feel of the door handle is more premium than you might expect. Outside the LE there’s a constant reminder of base trim via some very cheap-looking plastic wheel covers. Worth reporting: Android Auto sometimes refused to connect to a phone (Google Pixel 6a). Not a big negative, but worth a mention.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Other than the good news on oil consumption, very little was said in regards to transportation fuels. The US is in a race for global dominance in the new energy economy with China. As an investor, I’m not choosing sides, and the good news is the whole world will win with the innovation it will drive. Earlier post.).

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars. The project is partly funded by the government of Denmark.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Carlos 12:43 AM walt the memecaster said. SZ (1) 6753.T

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2024 Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor review: Better, but good enough?

Baua Electric

Even with winter tires mounted, road noise wasn’t bad until you started getting above 130 km/h or so (that’s 80 MPH for Electrek’s American readers), and wind noise, even at very high speeds, was surprisingly tame. So long as you have a Google account and a smartphone (yes, including an iPhone), setup takes under a minute.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Although Think has been plagued by bad financial news recently, the company’s North American C.E.O., Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. — Larry 4.

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