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LowCVP announces winners of Low Carbon Urban Mobility Technology Challenge

Green Car Congress

The proposals include a lightweight, driverless electric bus; a system to improve the efficiency of urban freight transport; a bus-taxi hybrid (a “buxi”); a low carbon, community-managed car club; plus two variants of lightweight, single seat electric vehicles. It combines the efficiency of a bus with the flexibility of a taxi.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Put simply, this little-known upstart has accelerated ahead of its much bigger rivals in the race to build an affordable electric car. " BYD can afford to hire lots of them because their salaries are only about $600 to $700 a month; they also get subsidized housing in company-owned apartment complexes and low-cost meals in BYD canteens.

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