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July/August '06 - Activists Promote the Film, Ford Retreats on Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

(Watch the story on the Raging Grannies in San Jose.) A year ago Ford nabbed a significant endorsement from the Sierra Club for its limited edition Mercury Mariner hybrid (29/35 mpg - gasoline only) and a promise of 250,000 hybrids by 2010. Their members and policy makers turn to them to understand what can and should be done.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

The frequency of the carrier signal used to transmit color information in the National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) standard; 3.58 In the NTSC standard, a set of 262.5 For example, he noted, “the standard way of building oscillators is to build one and then multiplex it until you have as many as you need.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co., San Jose Mercury News ). If that target is met, the largest U.S. Bloomberg News ). The truth is just the opposite.

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