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Smith Electric Vehicles Delivers First Battery-Electric Truck into Ireland

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Building materials retailer Grange Builders Providers, of Baldoyle, Dublin, has purchased a Smith Newton truck for deliveries of building and DIY products. As one of new Government incentives in support of the goal, any company buying the Smith Newton can write down 100% of the cost against Corporation Tax, in the first year of purchase.

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Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi to provide financial assistance for EV charging infrastructure in Japan

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Toyota Motor Corporation, Nissan Motor Co., and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation have agreed on the details of specific financial assistance they will provide to installers of charging stations for electric vehicles (PHVs, PHEVs, and EVs). Large-scale shopping malls, DIY stores, etc. Honda Motor Co., Earlier post.).

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Stuff We Use: Locking Pliers

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Kleenex is a great example of a word we use in reference to a generic item (tissues) even though that word belongs to a specific corporation. Numerous trademarked brand names have entered the lexicon as a common label for a particular item – even though that word may not technically be its actual name. The more you know.

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Video Friday: Humanoid Soccer

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Be the tiny DIY robot cat you’ve always wanted to be! Misty ] Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation designs, develops, and manufactures a broad range of advanced mobile robotic systems that redefine human possibilities and are designed to enable the safest most productive workforce in the world. Swiss-Mile ] Thanks, Marko!

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Henry Samueli and the Rise of Digital Broadband

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How a DIY radio kit launched Henry Samuelis career Samuelis path toward becoming one of todays key players in digital communications started 33 years ago, when he was a seventh grader. He recalled that Samueli was good at getting corporate research grants and donations. And you need somebody like that to run a successful corporation.

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Barak Obama or John McCain - Which Candidate will Revive the Electric Car?

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Finally, American politicians, corporate executives and grassroots advocates all seem to agree that powering cars from clean, affordable and domestic electricity makes sense. presidential candidates Barak Obama and John McCain are talking about EVs.

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Why I'm not an Environmentalist

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My concern for the environment started when earth, fire, wind, water and heart combined to fight the forces of corporate greed and irresponsibility. Yes, Captain Planet was my hero. I’ve had quite a lot of greening influences in my life, from cartoons, to a kid’s solar experimentation kit, to my friend’s parent’s weird composting toilet.