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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

We have a lot of Tesla drivers in Houston because the oil execs see them as a status symbol with cool technology. Just don’t bring your Tesla HEAA meets at TX/RX Labs , a Houston makerspace. “We And we also planned to feature a Tesla because the show already had a LEAF. No Teslas allowed. Chapter meetings. Douglass said.

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InDEED, a success

Electric Auto Association

Other EAA chapters hosted virtual happy hours and coffee chats, investigated solar-powered EVs, and learned about the latest charging, financing, and permitting information in states around the country. DEED event on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. DEED event in Waco, TX. “We

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

David McNeil first joined the Denver Electric Vehicle Council (DEVC) , a chapter of the Electric Auto Association, soon after its founding in 1974, but he’s never owned a Tesla, a Chevrolet Bolt, or any other likely suspects. I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

There are choices for 110 volt versus 220 volt, slow versus quick charges, and solar options. They are either glorified golf cart city cars like this one or they are only for the very wealthy like the Tesla. The Renault-Nissan Alliance is building fleet charging stations in Portland and Phoenix.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Posted by: CurtCurt | Apr 13, 2009 9:24:33 PM By the time they get these (or other plug-in hybrids) out into consumers hands, Tesla will be doing as well or better with pure EV tech, and by 2012 may even be making a tiny profit, instead of a huge loss, even though there production numbers are much smaller. Looks like they failed.

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