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$16,400 Electric Vehicle Due In 2013
Jul 22 2012 01:05 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
it has a front hatch that houses the windshield and doubles as the car’s sole door. The 4 wheels each turn 60 degrees left or right, enabling the car to spin on its central axis — or even travel sideways, to make parallel parking a snap. Push the stic...
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$15,550.- Electric Vehicle
Mar 17 2013 11:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Bollore electric car $15,550.- (Batteries Not Included) . . . (Unlimited millage batteries leased for $105.- per month) . . . 4 seats . . . Range 155 miles . . . Speed: up to 75 mph. Source: bollore-bluecar greenpacks
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$15,000.- Electric Car
Sep 13 2014 03:35 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
China is mandating that electric cars make up at least . . . 30% of government vehicle purchases by 2016, . . . in the latest measure to fight pollution and cut energy use, . . . after previously exempting EVs from a purchase tax. Taiwanese Apple elec...
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$12,000.- Electric Vehicle
Nov 09 2013 03:05 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Low Speed Vehicles (LSV), with Affordability, Safety and Versatility. . . . It recharges for $.50 from a standard wall outlet, . . . a fuel bill for the year under $100, . . . pays back the $12K car in the first year, . . . to go 25 to 4...
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$10 Gas, Brings 50,000 Electric Bikes In I...
Oct 25 2012 02:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Italy is switching to electric bikes in it's cities. . . . The main reason for this is $10 fuel prices. 30 million electric bikes have been sold worldwide. . . . it is estimated that around 50,000 electric bikes will be sold in Italy this ye...
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#what Really Matters?
Oct 28 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
When: . . . . . . fire, . . . . . . flood, or . . . . . . fierce winds, are barreling toward your home, . . . it is striking how material possessions cease to matter. . . . Items that were once prized belongings, . . . are left behind without a second...
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#weather Forecasting
Feb 05 2017 08:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
NASA's, 3 foot wide, carbon-fiber gliders, . . . with onboard sensors, and instruments, . . . dropped from a weather balloon, . . . at 100,000 ft, and . . . remotely guided to a predetermined location, . . . could fill a tremendous need, . . . in...
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#water Vanished In La Paz, Bolivia
Jul 21 2017 12:10 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
La Paz, Bolivia, glaciers, . . . its water vanished, . . . citizens woke to dry taps, civil unrest, and . . . it's Water General reigned. At nearly 12,000 feet in altitude, . . . suffering the effects of climate change quicker than the rest of us....
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#uber & Lyft: Reolacement?
Jul 31 2017 09:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The tiny bus, (shuttle) can hold . . . 12 passengers, and travels at a sedate, . . . 7 miles an hour, on electricity, . . . slower than an average cyclist–runs . The reason you see us using this specific vehicle is because it’s . . . . . . low-speed,...
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#u.s. Energy "rejected"
Feb 01 2017 11:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
How much Energy Americans are paying for, and . . . how much waste exists. 2-1-2017 Source: #U.S. Energy "Rejected"
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#transportation Vehicle Components
Jan 03 2018 03:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
“What if we were able to dissect a working car, . . . into working components, . . . which could be utilized according to given circumstances?” https://vimeo.com/242518507 Would that be like, . . . Amazon’s New Robot Army, . . . Shipping Out Products?...
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#tesla: Us First Virtual Power Plant
Jul 31 2017 09:35 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Tesla and Vermont utility Green Mountain Power (GMP), . . . will bundle together up to . . . 2,000 of Tesla’s: . . . . . . residential, . . . . . . commercial, and . . . . . . industrial (C&I), . . . Powerwall, and Powerpack systems, . . . to creat...
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#tesla Vs Volkswagen
May 12 2017 01:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
“Anything Tesla Can Do, We Can Surpass,” Says Volkswagen Chief. . . . Volkswagen has set a goal of selling 1 million electric cars a year by 2025. . . . Elon Musk has set his goal of selling 1 million electric cars a year by 2020. . . . Volkswagen ha...
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#tesla Mini-Bus
May 01 2017 03:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Elon Musk, describes the concept for a . . . High Density–Passenger Urban Transport Vehicle (Mini-Bus). “With the advent of autonomy, . . .it will probably make sense to shrink the size of buses, and . . . transition the role of bus driver, . . . to t...
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#tesla Battery Kills The Duck
Jan 31 2017 07:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
One of the problems that comes from reliance on solar power is the . . . “duck curve” where the solar panels produce, . . . more power than is needed during the day, and . . . standby power is needed in the evening, . . . when demand is high, and . . ....
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#tea: Climate Change Threatens
Jun 21 2017 01:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
The world's most popular drink (after water) is under threat. . . . Early research indicates, . . . that tea grown in some parts of Asia, . . . could see yields decline by up to . . . 55% thanks to drought or excessive heat, and . . . the quality o...
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#smart Grid: What Is It?
Aug 22 2017 10:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
WIll the electric car, . . . mess up the National Grid https://www.youtube....h?v=vX0G9F42puY How will Renewable Energy effect, . . . change the way we use energy? https://www.youtube....h?v=QqfMwEQ2pbc 8-22-2017 Source: #Smart Grid: What is it?
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#shelter's
Feb 06 2017 09:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
"Better Shelter's," . . . flat pack emergency shelter incorporating solar power, . . . has won both the . . . Architecture award, and . . . Grand Prize in the . . . Beazley Design of the Year. 2-6-2017 Source: #Shelter's
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#self-Driving Truck
Jul 07 2017 08:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Einride, unveiled a prototype called T-Pod: . . . . . . 23 feet long, . . . . . . holds 15 standard pallets, . . . . . . 200-kWh battery, . . . . . . 124-mile range, . . . . . . windowless, . . . . . . self-driving, . . . . . . electric truck. Driverl...
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#self-Driving Truck
Jul 13 2017 07:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Einride, a Swedish tech company, . . . unveiled "T-pod," a self-driving, battery-electric truck, on highways, but on main roads, a human will remotely manage the driving system. https://www.youtube....h?v=DW922Wa9a_k
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#robot-Assisted Vaulted Classrooms For China
Apr 19 2018 08:05 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
“To minimize construction time, and also . . . reduce the number of separate building elements required, . . . to be transported to the school’s remote location, . . . ZHA proposes to combine the local skills of in-situ concrete construction, . . . wit...
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#refugee: Cheap Tramsportation
Oct 03 2017 12:30 AM | eds in Ed's Articles
Problem: There are 200 million urbanized refugees in South Asia, . . . who can’t access resources like: . . . . . . markets, . . . . . . schools, . . . . . . hospitals, and . . . . . . places of employment, . . . due to a lack of public transportation...
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#power-Failure: Wind Storm
Nov 01 2017 07:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
We have been without electric power for 3 days. . . . No: Water (from our well pump) . . . . . . Showers, . . . . . . Instant tea, Coffee, soup . . . . . . Washers dish, clothing . . . . . . Flushing toilets, . . . . . Food (from Microwave, toaster) ....
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#nuclear Power Plants
Apr 28 2017 03:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
Westinghouse filed for bankruptcy in March, . . . blaming billions of dollars of cost overruns at . . . 2 nuclear power plants it is constructing in: . . . . . . Georgia, and . . . . . . South Carolina. Judge Michael Wiles allowed Westinghouse to borr...
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#nuclear Disaster Vs Climate Change
Sep 01 2017 08:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles
What does 9 trillion gallons of water feel like, . . . that hydraulic cube over downtown Houston, . . . 4 miles square, and 2 miles high. And then the cube doubled, . . . to become the most extreme rain event in American history. Yet, more than, . . ....
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