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At Home with Bob Lutz

Revenge of the Electric Car

We took Chelsea on a ride on the People Mover to get her reaction to the downsizing of the company she once belonged to and her test drive of the Volt. After our interview at the church, we did a drive through neighborhoods in eight, seven and six-mile roads, finding more people sitting on their porches as we moved down the numbers.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

has constructed prototype PHEV trucks for electric utility companies which can deliver energy to power an entire neighborhood during maintenance or repair when there is a power outage [ 4 ]. In addition, the grid could ask for energy back from the batteries of a PHEV if the house or neighborhood need is at a high level for a short time.

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Former CEO of American Electric Power Dies at 94

Cars That Think

DeWitt downsized his operations after an economic recession hit the United States in 1975. The OCCHC builds apartments and homes in low-income neighborhoods. Holt helped develop a simulator that trained the Apollo astronauts how to land on the Moon. He closed the business in 2018.

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