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Toyota Launching G Sports Conversion Series; Includes Hybrids

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Toyota plans to begin a gradual rollout in Japan in mid-2010 of its newly developed “G Sports” (G) sports conversion car series. The G series is designed for customers who strongly desire to own a unique vehicle, offering them a personalized interior and exterior design along with sports-driving performance.

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Off With His Head: Heritage Customs Shows an Open-Top Defender

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A custom shop in The Netherlands has changed that with a new creation called the Valiance. Heritage Customs holds no stock of Valiance Convertibles on site since each conversion is designed specifically to customer wishes and requests. Images: Heritage Customs] Become a TTAC insider. Depends on yer tastes.

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Hologram-in-a-Box Can Teleport You Anywhere

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In both cases, a person in a studio—the presenter—can appear in full-size, lifelike 3D form and interact with people anywhere in the world where one or more booths are hooked up to the companies' networks via the internet. It was as if Haba was standing in the booth as the two conversed.

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Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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The sales and marketing of the car will commence in the second half of 2010 and customer deliveries at the end of 2010. We are working with a number of parties in Denmark and Finland to enable the conversion process of the current cars running in Iceland to support a swift development of the electric vehicle market. Earlier post.)

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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That means that there is more likelihood that the actual demand that we see from customers will be substantially higher than the estimates rather than right on target or below estimates. “ We think there will be a substantial preference on the part of the customer to head to 220. ” The issue is the draw. But we see a 6.6

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

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It was a PR2 , from the robotics company Willow Garage, and Georgia Tech robotics professor Charlie Kemp was demonstrating how the PR2 was able to locate a person and bring them a bottle of medicine. It’s small and lightweight, easily movable by one person. In 2010, Henry Evans saw a robot on TV. One day I was a 6’4”, 200 Lb.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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