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It’s all about connection

Electric Auto Association

One of the guys has a Tesla like me, has the same motorcycle as I do, and he’s flying an experimental electric plane.”. At the time, “Doing whatever I could to help Tesla get to the point where they were able to be profitable was a big deal for me,” Nuenke said, referring to his job at Tesla. “I There’s just a lot of commonality.

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DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

Green Car Congress

Motorcycles, three-wheeled vehicles, neighborhood electric vehicles, and other non-conventional passenger vehicles are not desired and will be deemed non-responsive to the announcement. Both FOAs are viewable at the FedConnect website by searching on the reference number.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." Alternatively, may we suggest the sound of the neighborhood ice cream truck? We always seem to hear that one coming from a mile away.

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