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TEMO’s easy-to-install electric outboard motors make DIY e-boats simple

Baua Electric

The French company TEMO just landed a €6 million Series A financing round with the US impact fund At One Ventures, the Ecotechnologies 2 fund, and business angels, to accelerate the company’s growth. The electric outboard market is quickly heating up as several companies have recently presented interesting new products.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

The big companies weren’t going to do it. I researched the technology, then the opportunity, the business, the competition, the people, the financing, the history. Every previous attempt to reduce that number—by thermostat manufacturers, by energy companies, by government bodies—had failed miserably for a host of different reasons.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Zytek (a UK based company) make the motor and drivetrain for it. Theres a company in Guernsey (a UK island) which does conversions (the Mk1 shape), but I want a current shape model and a 60 mile range is just fine. Automotive.coms auto loan locator can help you get a lower new car finance rate.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chrysler LLC, in conjunction with the USPS and select energy service providers, also announced that the company intends to apply for the U.S. Earlier this month, Chrysler announced A123Systems as one of its strategic partners and production battery supplier for the companys initial production electric vehicles.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A troubled company. As a long time Mopar fan, seeing this company go under will hurt. Automotive.coms auto loan locator can help you get a lower new car finance rate. Small size. New technology. An (expected) high price tag. Can these things add up to make a car that people want to buy? What exactly do they have to sell?

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Or Cell phone companies agreeing on all cellphone using a mini-usb plug. This SAE spec would make it so you could go to a gas station and they would have the proper voltage and plug for your car. This would be like all laptop makers agreeing on the same plug to fit in all laptops. They will have to access how much it will cost them to switch.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Gallery: Plugging in at home Battery swap stations are a concept often associated with Better Place , an EV infrastructure company. Forcing companies to conform to standardized batteries prevents them from designing better cars. Companies like ECOtality are already working with Nissan, which seems to have given up on battery swapping.