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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

You’ll also be finished forever with things like oil changes, tune ups, new air filters and the other maintenance that isn’t necessary with electric cars. Stop pretending and sticking your head in the sand – you’re only exposing a large target when you do that. Concluding that climate change will have wide-ranging impacts on U.S.

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

A port mounted on a rear fender connects a standard CCS ( Combined Charging System ) plug to an onboard 7-kW charger. After every beer, it sounded like a better idea.”. Farther down the line are somewhat newer Defender body panels waiting to be refurbished, hand-sanded, and then covered with Ferrari-quality. Automotive Design.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

You’ll also be finished forever with things like oil changes, tune ups, new air filters and the other maintenance that isn’t necessary with electric cars. Stop pretending and sticking your head in the sand – you’re only exposing a large target when you do that. Concluding that climate change will have wide-ranging impacts on U.S.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies" GM "killed" that experiment because it wasnt even CLOSE to being cost effective. It is 12 years later. Call it the EV2?

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