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How NI plans to innovate in the EV test and measurement industry and unlock the power of data

Charged EVs

The idea was to take that broad-based technology that we’ve built up over so many years and tune it to applications where our customers needed more complete capability. About five or six years ago, we started transitioning our strategy as a company to be more application-oriented. And then, increasingly, we’re focused on data analytics.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. and Chrysler.

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

“The idea is for electric cars to take advantage of “off-peak&# hours of low energy demand late at night, when the lights are out and TVs are off, but power plants are still producing, explained Ed Kjaer, director of electric transportation at Edison.&#. Photo by Eric Tom). Edison’s answer: new meters.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea. February 17, 2009 7:03 am Link Smart Grid An Invaluable Idea Worldwide / Buildings could become the new power plants BRUSSELS ? Electrifying the entire vehicle fleet would provide more than three times the U.S.’s

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. SZ (1) 6753.T

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