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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

Green Car Congress

The engine also uses an electrically driven air conditioning compressor and water pump to reduce mechanical losses. The electrically driven water pump allows coolant flow rate to be controlled with greater precision based on vehicle conditions for better fuel efficiency. Packaging and weight optimization.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

It’s also got a state of the art in-wall vacuuming system but it’s got no solar panels or solar hot water because that wasn’t part of the builders vision for their “dream house.&#. Oh yeah, it’s just coming up with that big up front check in this economy that’s the tough part. Pumping things, water pumping.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

With our current economy, I guess it’s no longer a secret that politicians and executives running our country are not very good at simple math. Also hopefully by the end of 2011 (when the Model S car is due) our economy has recovered somewhat. It gets worse in a larger vehicle. Maybe throwing more money away is expected.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month that would apply different carbon controls to individual sectors of the economy instead of setting a national target. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

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Coleman is on record as suggesting the decision would further harm the American economy, adding there is almost zero interest in all-electric vehicles within his state. However, the Clean Air Act and decades of increased regulatory involvement has kind of muddied the waters. Swelling vehicle prices was another issue.&

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