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The Greenius Plan For General Motors

Creative Greenius

The bailout money they already got should grant us that right. Put Dr. Andrew Franks , Andy Grove and Elon Musk in charge of the new National Electric Motors Corporation. Sell every new plug-in car owner a solar or wind powered charging station for their car. The brain of GM has been dead for a long time now. No severance.

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H2ME has 100 fuel cell vehicles on the road in Germany, France and UK

Green Car Congress

In addition, Daimler has deployed 40 B-Class F-CELL vehicles under H2ME in Germany. This project has received funding from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking under grant agreement Nº 671438 and Nº 700350.

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Ford Investing $550M to Retool SUV Plant to Produce Focus Small Car and EV

Green Car Congress

The transformation of Michigan Assembly, once one of the world’s most profitable auto plants during the SUV boom of the late 1990s, is rooted in the fundamental strategic shift by Ford to leverage its global assets to bring six world-class small cars to the American market by the end of 2012. Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally.

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Williams F1 Establishes Technical Center in Qatar; Initial Focus on Commercial Development of Magnetically Loaded Composite Flywheel

Green Car Congress

QSTP is a world-class incubator for the research, development and commercialization of new technologies that has attracted significant R&D investment from companies such as Shell, Microsoft and GE. Click to enlarge. Continuous cycling with no detriment to performance or reduction in life.

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Think to resume electric car production

Green Cars News

It is an important day for Think, and we would like to thank our creditors and suppliers for their continued support, and to show our appreciation to Think’s very patient and loyal customers – this means we can re-start production of the TH!NK It can travel for 180 km (112 miles) in city driving on a fully charged battery.

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Electric cars buyers guide

Drive Electric

Are electric cars better for the environment? The government is currently contributing a grant of £3,000 towards new electric cars with an RRP of less than £50,000, this grant is automatically included in the vehicles price and you do not have apply. How long does it take to charge an electric car? In a word, yes.

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A Stand for Solar: How a united movement helped pause CA’s solar tax proposal — at least for now

Teslarati

would charge solar users with a “grid participation charge” of $8/kWh of installed solar. Tesla estimated that an $8/kWh charge could add between $50-$80/month to a solar customer’s power bill. Granted, there’s momentum towards a more reasonable plan for California’s residential solar industry.

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