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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

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A study by researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis finds that buyers of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) are substantially less satisfied with the dealer purchase experience than buyers of conventional vehicles—with the notable exception of Tesla buyers. XXXXX Click to enlarge. —Cahill et al. —Cahill et al.

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Plug In 2008

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T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. makes street-legal three-wheelers with a unique, aerodynamic design.

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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

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By contrast, half the electric vehicle market value lies in larger road vehicles, notably cars, and here the legal restrictions are weaker or non-existent and range anxiety compels most people to buy hybrids if they go electric at all. The company is also producing a US variant of the conference in San Jose, California in November.

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Volkswagen again reaffirms 20 new PEV models coming across the Group; MEB development

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In his remarks at the Annual Media Conference, where the Group presented 2015 results, Matthias Müller, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, said that 2016 will be a year of transition for Volkswagen, and will also see the accelerated transformation of the company. billion as a provision for legal risks worldwide.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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In particular, Toshiba wanted an MP3 player , a compact and portable solid-state device that could copy music files from a computer, to which it would be connected via a USB plug, and then play the music back. An appeals court in the United Kingdom, however, was not persuaded, and Trek lost its patent there in 2008.

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

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But my interest was really piqued a few months later when I attended a fascinating talk on Yugoslavian computing given by Vlado Vince at the HOPE hacker conference. This helped greatly in keeping its component costs within the legal import limit, although the additional computing overhead did slow the Galaksija down significantly.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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Now we imagine the maximum scenario: e-tron plug-in hybrid drive under the hood and e-fuel in the tank. In May, Global Bioenergies presented the first batch of e-benzin to Audi by Global Bioenergies during a press conference. From Audi’s latest Corporate Responsibility Report. Click to enlarge. Switzerland’s Two-Chamber Parliament.

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