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Ford Smart Mobility shifts from research to implementation; company announces new programs, next areas of focus

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The pilot is being offered to select Ford Credit customers in California—including Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco; as well as in Portland, Oregon; Chicago and Washington, D.C. The bike folds and stores inside any Ford vehicle, where it can be charged while stowed. It runs through November. Earlier post.).

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Sandia study finds fuel cell barges may be attractive lower-cost cold-ironing solution for some types of vessels at some ports

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This, the Sandia team said, is because their multi-megawatt power requirements and potentially long run times would necessitate multiple MW-class fuel cell units and impractically-large stores of hydrogen. Oakland, Calif.; Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Tacoma, Wash.; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Seattle, Wash.

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

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Ted Kulongoski arrived to test-drive an electric car and urge the company to import through the port of Portland. Its essentially a set of rooftop solar photovoltaic panels with batteries built in to store power for use when the suns not out, all to be designed and manufactured by BYD. Business of Green B.T.W.

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