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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

Cars That Think

To a large extent, I wouldn’t be the person I am today if not for the support from the IEEE and IEEE Foundation.” To a large extent, I wouldn’t be the person I am today if not for the support from the IEEE and IEEE Foundation,” he says. Perhaps I would have been an engineer working in either Chevron , Shell, or ExxonMobil today.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

My personal criteria for an EV is 80/80 MPH/miles range, but thats because drivers either go 80 or stopped around here. Id like to be a fly on the wall when an H2 franchisee asks to put in a hydrogen pump at Chevron. Glad to see the variety & availability of electic commuter cars (vs hybrids & PHEV) is rising.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries. Chevron owns the NiMH patents and have not allowed EV size batts to be built. April 10, 2009 11:21 am Link Kaare- Lithium Ion batteries do not contain lead (unless it is in solder connections) and do not contain acid.

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