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You Haven’t Seen Blue Until You’ve Seen San Andres

Baua Electric

Connecting with history The archipelago of San Andres and Providencia is more than 400 miles north of the mainland of Colombia, and closer to 100 miles east of Nicaragua, but thanks to a historical wrinkle that is still being ironed out, it is part of Colombia. I’d never driven a golf cart any significant distance, so when Ms.

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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

Road rallies were held in Juneau, Alaska , where local and state elected officials riding the city’s first electric bus led the way, and in Muskegon, Michigan , where 70 participants in 40 cars, motorcycles, and a golf cart, navigated a 150-mile circuit from Muskegon to Holland to Grand Rapids and back to Muskegon.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week event connects Indiana’s EV future with its EV past. It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US. Richard Steiner (right) and his Waverley at the Hoosier EVA 2021 NDEW event. I’m able to import it as a 1908 Waverley Electric touring sedan.

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Embracing a century of EV history

Electric Auto Association

National Drive Electric Week event connects Indiana’s EV future with its EV past. It’s basically just a souped-up golf cart, but Ford wouldn’t allow them to import it into the US. Richard Steiner (right) and his Waverley at the Hoosier EVA 2021 NDEW event. I’m able to import it as a 1908 Waverley Electric touring sedan.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

At CES, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Connecting with every customer in a socially collaborative and rewarding way. —Mark Fields. Remote Repositioning, Atlanta.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I Started with two wheels McNeil’s first experience in converting EVs came in 1976 with a 1967 Yamaha Big Bear he found in his hometown of Colorado Springs. “I Jet Electrica 007.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

April 10, 2009 11:21 am Link Kaare- Lithium Ion batteries do not contain lead (unless it is in solder connections) and do not contain acid. I’ve written several posts about these exact topics: Firefly Energy: [link] True cost to own of EVs (especially read through the comments on this one: [link] — Nick Chambers 3.

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