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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The car is a “2” because it was preceded by the “1,” which is an electric performance plug-in hybrid GT, with a six-figure price tag and a limited output of 500 units per year over the next three years. There are already spaces in New York City and Los Angeles, and there are now two in the San Francisco Bay Area, where I’m located.

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

In our always-on, sensor-laden, Internet-connected world, shouldn't technology have done better? Using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology, we can make such event-driven sensors on silicon chips that are only millimeters in size. We can create them by using a commonplace technology: radio frequency identification.

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Event: WAJ Media Day: A Million Dollar Drive

Clean Fleet Report

It gives us a chance to relate a brief experience with a gaggle of cars whose price tags totaled well beyond a million dollars. This scenic town, located 30 miles south of San Francisco, sits on the Pacific Ocean and is known for its annual Pumpkin Festival , and the giant waves at Mavericks. This is just a taste.

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New approaches for butanol production

Green Cars News

Today marks the closure of the 31 st Symposium of Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals in San Francisco after topics were covered including plant, enzyme and microbial science technology to biomass pre-treatment as well as bio-refinery deployment and sustainability issues.

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Why plug-in hybrids are top of the pile

Green Cars News

The company announced the findings as state regulators and utilities met in San Francisco to discuss how utilities can play their part in advancing the electric and natural gas vehicle marketplace, as well as its fuelling infrastructure.

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Funding boost for Smart Grid proposals

Green Cars News

The $47million will support existing projects that are advancing demonstration-scale smart grid technologies and adds to the $17million that was awarded by the Department to these projects in 2008. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Smart Grid US Department of Energy. So what are the projects that will benefit?

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The Race to Plug-In Hybrids Is On

Green Cars News

A powerful roster of key industry players in the rapidly evolving electric vehicle arena will come together at Infocast’s Opportunities in Grid-Connected Mobility in San Francisco, California. Tags: Hybrid cars hybrids plug-in plug-in hybrid. Introductory and discount rates are available.

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