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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. He works for Systemica, who has been contracted to design the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system for the citadel of Masdar. The PRT as an automated taxi that is 4m long by 1.4m Not that the intervening six and a half years will be easy to achieve.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

For 40 years his personal transportation needs were met by a scooter. In order to connect the windings in the radial flux motor, you need some of the copper conductors to be placed outside the magnetic field. Axial flux motors do not require end winding conductors, so there is no overshooting outside the magnetic area.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66 40.40% Unisys Corporation 1.49

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2010 Aptera 2e First Drive and Video on Inside Line

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thats the beauty of the 2010 Aptera 2e electric vehicle — you can speed away from the scene and the cops wont know it, with just a quiet hum as the electric motor winds up and a feeling of satisfaction as the torque presses you deep into the seatback. That's about all I am concerned with personally.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

We can’t wait for dramatic increases in petrol to shift the market, as this will occur too late and have disproportionate impacts on low income persons / families. . solar and wind) so the proposed reductions in emissions from the energy system must be balanced to ensure reliability in the system to support higher dependency for transport.