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Goal!

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As stated at the opening press conference by Austin's Mayor Will Wynn in January, 2006, “ Plug-in hybrids represent a real near-term solution to America’s over-reliance on foreign oil imports and energy prices that escalate the cost of everything and threaten the very economic life of our nation,” “The technology exists today ,” Wynn says.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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James Cortada It became a commodity business not only because of the chips and the operating system, but because other companies were able to put it all together at a lower cost than IBM. Once the PC business in IBM got folded into the main corporate structure, its costs of operating went up. Because everybody had good machines.

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Electrify Your Fleet Faster With Incentives and Rebates

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The reasons for this seismic shift are many, and certainly include a general growing consciousness for sustainability in the corporate world. The plummeting costs of technology haven’t hurt either — Ceres reported that electric vehicle battery costs , alone, dropped by 80% from 2012 to 2020.

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

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NewsVine StumbleUpon Mixx Text Size By SHARON TERLEP General Motors Corp. GM didnt say how much the machines would cost, but research chief Larry Burns said owners would spend one-third to one-fourth of the cost of a traditional vehicle. Manage Email preferences Companies within this Article General Motors Corp.(

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. yield a several-fold reduction in wire costs, making. superconducting wind generators more practical for. University, General. Motors Research and. that substantially reduce costs of the motor. motor’s rotating components. General Atomics.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries. Joint Press Release ) 4/4/07 Ford Motor Co. Newsweek ).

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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The consortium has already secured connections to the grid, and Ideol has secured 34 hectares east of Inverness to manufacture its platforms. But the company is already facing competition from Oslo startup Wind Catching Systems , whose 126-rotor floating design is in prototype development with help from General Motors.

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