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A Practical Car Care Guide for Your College Car

Clean Fleet Report

Embrace your curiosity and delve into understanding the various parts and functions of your vehicle, as it is an investment that will bring significant benefits in the long run. DIY Car Maintenance Doing simple maintenance tasks on your own can save you money and help you better understand your vehicle. Replacing Windshield Wipers.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

The infuriating, inaccurate, energy-hogging, thoughtlessly stupid, impossible-to-program, always-too-hot-or-too-cold-in-some-part-of-the-house thermostat. But making the thermometer beautiful would be the easy part. I researched the technology, then the opportunity, the business, the competition, the people, the financing, the history.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Active Noise Control technologies are part of a steady stream of ground-breaking innovations that Lotus has brought to the automotive industry and we are committed to pursuing further developments in vehicle refinement and environmentally friendly transport solutions." Looking for a better auto insurance rate?

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thankfully, since parts of the powertrain in the Circuit are also used in other Chrysler ENVI vehicles - like the all-electric USPS minivan that was unveiled earlier today - work that is done on one model can be applied to others. Not to mention the parts you most definitely could sell from the running gear. No coasting available.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Postal Service (USPS) as part of the USPS Earth Day celebration. Automotive.coms auto loan locator can help you get a lower new car finance rate. Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago. Looking for a better auto insurance rate? InternetAutoGuide.coms free quote and agent locator can help you get lower rates online.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Neutral Big Papi @ Apr 20th 2009 10:05AM All - The end of the plug that you see is the end that plugs into the car not the part that would plug into the wall. @ Apr 20th 2009 12:34AM They just wont use different plug. This SAE spec would make it so you could go to a gas station and they would have the proper voltage and plug for your car.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

the same way nearly EVERY propane tank fits nearly EVERY gas grill, something like that could be plausible if enough companies were in on it ↓ ↑ report 11 Tohe 6:34AM (4/10/2009) Another option is for battery swap stations to work as vending machines offering battery packs from companies that take part in the program.