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We Don’t Need a Jetsons Future, Just a Sustainable One

Cars That Think

Much of the motivation behind building new rockets or developing colonies on Mars is wrapped up in the rhetoric of our warming planet being something to escape from. Climate change is a great example. Last year, Jeff Bezos created a US $10 billion fund to make investments in organizations fighting climate change.

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Greenius Plants Tree to Help Restore Hope

Creative Greenius

But time has afterburners when the holidays roll around especially when your friendly neighborhood Greenius is in such demand locally. But turn around and look the other way and it looks like something out of John Carpenter’s Escape from Los Angeles. .

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Road Test: 2023 Kia Niro Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The Green Zone mode automatically switches to EV mode through navigation and driving history when driving in residential neighborhoods, past schools and hospitals. The hatchback secret–super storage Kia has a clever design that switches between the dual-zone climate controls and infotainment controls.

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

And then there is the issue of climate justice which motivates me more than any amount of money ever could. Because my father’s mother was a Romanian Jew, an illegal immigrant, who fled to America to escape World War II, all Jews and all refugees on the run are my family. “What’s in it for me?”

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Levante Trofeo

Clean Fleet Report

The Maserati Levante Trofeo is unique, even in Southern California, where every luxury car sold runs free on the highways and can be found in the most exclusive neighborhoods. The LED boomerang-shaped tail lights sit high above the twin, rectangular tailpipes where that wonderful exhaust notes escapes. Dynamic Presence.

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Greenius Plants Tree to Help Restore Hope

Creative Greenius

But time has afterburners when the holidays roll around especially when your friendly neighborhood Greenius is in such demand locally. But turn around and look the other way and it looks like something out of John Carpenter’s Escape from Los Angeles. .

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

Green Car Congress

He served as the chief engineer for the Ford Escape Hybrid from 1998 to 2003 and holds 12 patents. Back in ’98 when I was trying to decide on the Escape, I deliberately ruled out Li-ion because there were too many issues and you don’t want to have even on instance of what happened with the laptops, but those issues have been addressed.

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