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Near-Term Prospects for Automotive Li-ion Batteries: 21% of Hybrid and EV Market by 2011

Green Car Congress

The industry does not need a 2011 version of “Who Killed the Electric Car”. From now through model year 2016, the regulatory driver is Pavley 1 (AB 1493), the state regulation of new vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. Although EPA has yet to grant the waiver, Cackette spoke as if it were a certainty.) Click to enlarge.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Volkswagen Rabbit :Zigs Amazing Electric Vehicle VolkswagenRabbit : Bill Dubes Wild Electwik Wabbit VolkswagenRabbit : yduJ drives an electric car! DC PowerSystems : Mega-controller and battery regulators. DC electric motors and controllers DE HAARDT : controllers andremote control equip.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

They deliberately suppressed and illegally covered up the EPA’s 2007 ENDANGERMENT FINDING that said the government should begin regulating greenhouse gas emissions because global warming posed serious risks to the country. So don’t buy another car until you can go electric. That’s 18 months away.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars. E-mail Martin. You just need Java installed.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. When people start driving electric cars, where will the electricity come from? When Lutz first proposed creating an electric car in 2003, the idea "bombed" inside GM, he says. "I

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Greenius Is Fired Up Over Obama’s Green Economic Recovery Bill!

Creative Greenius

And for those of us who believe that the future of the auto industry involves a plug and a battery - Plug In America just released their press release with the following headline: Plug In America Hails Plug-in Electric Car Aid in Stimulus Bill. The EPA is about to start regulating deadly CO2 emissions from coal fired power plants.

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