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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. My brand new battery, made by LG in South Korea, was included in the recall. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Yen Meng Jiin/Singapore Press/AP Tan, the third of six brothers, was born and raised in a kampung (village) in the neighborhood of Geylang, Singapore. But full credit for the thumb drive really belongs more to the environment—the ideas circulating at the time and the networks of clients and suppliers—than any individual.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Utrecht, a largely bicycle-propelled city of 350,000 just south of Amsterdam, has become a proving ground for the bidirectional-charging techniques that have the rapt interest of automakers, engineers, city managers, and power utilities the world over. Their research partnership ran for four years. In the UK, experiments are. We Drive Solar.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

Timing: PVB production is in South Korea with the North America on-sale date to be announced. Zoox It’s not a car–it’s a ride Zoox says its on-demand autonomous ride-hailing vehicle is designed as a mobility service in urban environments. The PV5 should be the first to be released.

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