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The EV Professor

Electric Auto Association

We studied forces that have an impact on EV range, such as aerodynamic drag,” he explained. “I Cox’s efforts to promote EVs have included a number of EVNEBRASKA chapter events and have even extended to his own neighborhood, where “We’ve hosted a whole lot of ride and drives at our home,” he said.

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

Green Car Congress

Using a framework originally developed by researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Georgia Tech team estimated VMT (vehicle miles travelled) in response to three census variables: median household income, vehicle ownership, and employment rate, plus the neighborhood type classification. Stone et al.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. million gallons of gas consumed by those white little trucks trolling your neighborhood. If those trucks are put into use 300 working days a year, that’s 87.5

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