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• Common Sense Not Required: Idiots Designing Cars + Hybrid Vehicles My Career With Chrysler: Evan Boberg

  
  The Ebooks Review — Authority: 129
  Editorial Reviews Review Boberg’s missive will either have them laughing, crying, or reaching for a gun. — Automotive Design and Production, August 2004Our recommendation …, is to buy the book. It’s inexpensive and eye-opening, and it’s a good read as well. — Allpar.com July 2004 Author Reveals [...]
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• Smart Grid projects pick up huge funding boost

  
  Green cars: latest news — Authority: 484
  The advancement of the US Smart Grid has taken another significant step forward after the US Department of Energy agreed to award $620million to projects across the country aimed at advancing Smart Grid technologies and integrated systems. In total, 32 projects will benefit including those focusing on large-scale ...
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• Mercedes and Rolls-Royce to Roll Out Green Luxury Cars?

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 134
  rolls-royce_phantom_tungsten.jpg If you prefer your ride to be sleek, super-sophisticated and ultra-luxurious, you’re in luck! Two automakers may be adding eco-friendly vehicles to their line of luxury in the near future. Mercedes-Benz Vision S 500 Plug-in Hybrid Concept:
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• The Volt’s Blind Taste Test

  
  Car Reviews & Car Buying Blog — Authority: 164
  Visit link: The Volt’s Blind Taste Test
  21 hours ago

• Ford is Retraining Automotive Engineers for Electric Car Work

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 716
  Photo: Courtesy of Ford A Partnership with the University of Detroit Mercy We always hear that electric cars are coming, but someone has to actually design and build the things. There are lots of automotive engineers out there, but only a small portion of them have any experience or training with electric cars. Thats ...
  21 hours ago

• Video: Chevrolet Volt will make ‘chirping’ sound to alert blind pedestrians

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 588
  General Motors and the National Federation of the Blind are cooperating are teaming up to identify a safe level of sound to alert pedestrians without sight that a silent-running electric or hybrid vehicle is present. “We are confident electric vehicles can produce a safe and acceptable level of sound to alert blind ...
  23 hours ago

• UK firm to develop electric vehicle transmissions

  
  Green cars: latest news — Authority: 484
  A UK-based transmission technology specialist has received a huge boost after it was awarded a project by the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board to develop a high efficiency two-speed transmission for electric vehicles. The project has been awarded to Antonov Plc, in association with Jaguar and MIRA, and ...
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• Green Update–>Quiet Cars, 1 Series Hybrid, Benz Bash, GM, and AMP

  
  The CarGurus Blog — Authority: 134
  Before we get into the techy stuff, a report from Japan claims that hybrids and electrics are too quiet, so the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is considering whether to put beepers on the cars to keep pedestrians safe. The policy would require that when vehicles are running at speeds less than 20 ...
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• Report: Tesla Has a Factory For the Model S

  
  Autopia — Authority: 751
  Tesla Motors is close to finalizing a deal to build the Model S sedan in an old NASA assembly plant in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey, the mayor said. Tesla Motors has for months been searching for a factory in which to build the car. Downey Mayor Mario Guerra told the Long Beach Press-Telegram the city ...
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• Answering Your Questions About the Chevy Volt

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 908
  We asked readers to send us any questions they had about the Chevrolet Volt hybrid car.
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• Low-Carbon Fuel Rules

  
  Tesla Motors Club Forum — Authority: 141
  Technology Review: Low-Carbon Fuel Rules Not sure by which amount, but this should make EVs in California more affordable. Or, if the money goes to the Utilities, give them an incentive to actively support the charging infrastructure, and/or lower the rates for charging. I wonder how exactly this will work. ...
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• Electric motorcycle racing – now that’s where it’s at

  
  CrunchGear — Authority: 796
  We might be seeing the start of a new form of motorsport. Electric motorcycles have really been at the cutting edge of development recently , and it’s going to be really interesting to see exactly what happens. In fact, the governing body of the MotoGP series is in the process of organizing some races. There ...
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• John DeCicco, University of Michigan

  
  Lou Ann Hammond on carlist.com — Authority: 108
  John M. DeCicco Senior Lecturer, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment Carlist was at an event held by BMW Corporation, where DeCicco talked about CO2 emissions. DeCicco talked about CO2 and had some great slides to illustrate the importance of decreasing CO2 emissions. According to ...
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• Electrification Coalition

  
  Tesla Motors Club Forum — Authority: 141
  Video from the Launch event: Electrification Coalition | Events Quote: Press conference followed by political roundtable moderated by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman (several videos automatically loading one after the other, each 10 min) CEOs of Nissan, FedEx, Utilities, ...
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• Mitsubishi considering gasoline powered i MiEV for the U.S.

  
  egmCarTech — Authority: 588
  Mitsubishi is considering giving its U.S. dealerships a gasoline version of its new i MiEV electric minicar. The Japanese automaker already has plans to import an electric-version of the car to the United States in approximately 18 months. During a dealer and media preview of the i MiEV in California last week, ...
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• Best & Worst EVs

  
  The Alternative Consumer — Authority: 526
  This year, the automotive industry has been abuzz, unveiling big plans for electric vehicles set to debut in 2010 and beyond. While some of the cars prove promising, others have left us with an eyebrow raised. Here’s a round-up of the top newsmakers expected to launch in the New Year: Best:(photo above) Chevrolet ...
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• Battery Electric Cars and Hybrids: Which One Should You Choose

  
  Water Powered Car — Authority: 142
  Brought to you by cheap car insurance quote . A lot of people today are now asking the question about hybrid and Battery Powered Vehicles. Most of them are wondering which one is more practical for their use and which one is more efficient. In order for you to know which type of Vehicle you should choose, you first ...
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• Battery Powered Automobiles and the Advantages It Can Give When You Drive One

  
  Water Powered Car — Authority: 142
  Brought to you by compare online auto insurance quotes . Although fuel prices weren’t as high as it was before a couple of years ago, you have to consider that with the looming global financial crisis, the low gasoline prices will really not last that long. This is why more and more people are looking for an ...
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• Electric Cars Muddy the MPG Waters

  
  MixedPower.com — Authority: 114
  With more electric, fuel cell and hybrid vehicles on the road today, measuring miles per gallon isn’t as easy as it was in the old days, the Washington Times reports. Alternative-fuel cars have different ways of computing mpg. For example, the new Chevy Volt electric car has a projected fuel economy equal ...
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• Top Gear Builds a Volt of Its Own

  
  Autopia — Authority: 751
  There’s a contingent of greens out there fussing and fuming that General Motors (with its Chevrolet Volt), Nissan (with its Leaf) and everyone else in the auto industry is dragging its collective heels getting EVs and plug-in hybrids on the road. “How hard can it be?” they’ll say, demanding to know why these ...
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