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What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies

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Large automotive conglomerates like Stellantis (parent company of well-known brands like Ram, Maserati, Jeep, Chrysler and Dodge) are now focusing on extending car lifetimes and reusing parts to reduce carbon emissions. Or Become a Convert Another possibility is to convert your gasoline-powered engine to electric.

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Mercedes-AMG Brings Entry-Trim SL 43 to America

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Let’s be clear: this so-called ‘entry’ model of the tremendous SL roadster still costs six figures and has just 14 fewer horsepower than the vaunted R129-era V12 convertible – despite having precisely one-third the number of cylinders. Set to be called the SL 43, this open-top 2+2-seater features a 2.0L They were probably right.

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The2001 NESEA American Tour de Sol TheWinston Solar Challenge World Solar Challenge :solar cars across Australia {Returnto top of page} EV Manufacturersand Converters ACPropulsion Inc. Returnto top of page} EV Parts Suppliers Canadian Electric Vehicles Ltd. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. ElectricVehicles of America, Inc.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. The 100 m.p.g. Right Now can be seen here. The Irvine, Calif.-based

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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is already up to his elbows in electronic parts, digging through stacks of dusty circuit boards. Ted Hoff is part of electronics industry legend. But the technical part of Hoff’s mind has no off-switch, and he quickly concluded that the engineers were going in the wrong direction. Ted) Hoff Jr. in Rochester, NY. San Jose, Calif.,

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Establishing dealer network. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Instead, the focus over the coming years will apparently be on including the vehicle’s battery as part of a local home or office area network. The best part? In effect therefore, the more energy convertion stages there are the less efficient the process is. The elegance of that is wonderful. It is truly cyclical.

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