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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

Blink Charging

“I worked for an electric utility in the ’90s and performed hurricane restoration duties in a GM EV1. ” Andy Kinard, Field Sales Engineer for Blink Charging. The time is coming soon when each EV could be a personal power plant for each household.

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Interview with Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Whole Life Times just published an Interview with Chris : The Electric Car Returns (and This Time It’s Personal). Paine was one of the first to lease a General Motors EV1 in 1997 — only to get the car wrenched away from him five years later when he took it in simply to get a brake light fixed. Chris Paine in the Whole Life Times.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. For our discussion, Saturn dealers were the delivery and service point for GM’s aborted first electric car, the EV1. Tesla is the poster child for this option, and so far, it’s working.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

FordFestiva : Brian has a new project going GM/SaturnEV-1 : EV1 owner GM/SaturnEV-1 : Dave and Jeans Chronicles. PlymouthHorizon : RLewits Home Page, car was for sale but he sold it. Micro :Electronics, Kits, Surplus, Online Catalog Cand H Sales Co.: Chevrolet S-10 :Brian has a new and very nice conversion. Porsche911T : D.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Now, of course, Bright Automotive is ready to unveil the IDEA, with the expectation it will have 50,000 ready for sale in 2013. s ill-fated EV1, which was and remains the only all-electric vehicle from a major automaker. • MORE: "How to Build a 100 Mile-Per-Gallon Car. Right Now can be seen here. Yes, still a few years away.

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