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Indy 500 race vehicles are working on one hundred pc renewable gas and tires with recycled plastics

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As with Shell’s renewable race gas, Bridgestone and Firestone chemists and tire engineers labored to create the guayule tires alike from habitual Firehawk race tires. With their unique greenwalls, those tires were given their real-world take a look at endmost while on the Nashville Lavish Prix.

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ECOtality Expands to Australia

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Through its wholly-owned US subsidiary, Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), ECOtality has been involved in every major North American electric vehicle initiative since the 1990s. Major auto manufacturers including Renault-Nissan and Mitsubishi have announced plans to introduce electric vehicles to Australia by 2011.

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Underwriters Laboratories Named Exclusive Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory for The EV Project

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The company signed a memorandum of understanding with Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation (eTec), a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOtality, Inc. to test and certify eTec’s vehicle charging stations that will be used in the project. Manufacturers work with UL to develop safer products and increase consumer confidence.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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engineers were forming hobby clubs to learn about the new machines. The product also had to attract corporate customers, although it was unclear how many of those there would be. An engineering manager known for bucking company norms, Estridge turned out to be the perfect choice to ram this project through.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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General Motors Corporation. General Motors Corporation. KEMET Corporation. Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. Advanced Vehicle Research Center; Auto Exposure LLC; Big Fish Advertising and Public Relations; MotorWeek; Sabre Engineering; Northeast Utilities. Brownstown, MI. Cells will be from LG Chem, Ltd.

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