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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

The only EV he was familiar with was a golf cart, so he tried playing around with that, and eventually converted a Beck into electric.” Later, he began selling used parts and kits for EV conversions, and eventually that included salvaged used Tesla batteries as back-ups for off--grid solar living systems.

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Ford opens new Silicon Valley research center; focus on connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, big data

Green Car Congress

At today’s opening event, Ford offered a glimpse at some of its projects in key areas, including: Connectivity: Ford is integrating with the Nest application programming interface, targeting home energy and emergency system management while on the road through a series of research experiments.

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Helsinki to host electric display of green cars

Green Cars News

In addition to the Roadster, a whole host of little electric cars will be exhibited at the fair alongside an array of electric scooter and quadricycles: Mega eCity, Mega Multitruck, E-Z-GO RXV (golf cart), Sanifer L7e, Sanifer L6e, Toyota Prius (Plug-in and Flexible-fuel technology models) and ZEV Seven. Global Community movement.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At a press event on Monday, Oregon’s governor, Ted Kulongoski, was talking up Nissan’s previously announced partnership with the state. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete.

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