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Cars That Think
MAY 17, 2023
Best known as a robotics researcher, academic, and entrepreneur, Brooks is also an authority on AI: he directed the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT until 2007, and held faculty positions at Carnegie Mellon and Stanford before that. Or, how far can a person throw a Frisbee? And we’re really good at that.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
JANUARY 28, 2009
They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. EVs are a smart and efficient choice for personal transportation. Its a coalition between the Tree-Huggers, Do-Gooders, Sod-Busters, Cheap Hawks, and the Evangelicals".
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
So, the used batteries are almost arbitrarily cheap since an arbitrarily large fraction of their cost of production can be loaded on their use in transportation. Among these fuels natural produces the least of the “dirty byproducts&# , then oil and then coal which produces the most unwanted pollutants.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Carlos 12:43 AM walt the memecaster said.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. One thing is for sure; - electric cars bring down the air pollution, but they sure create another waste pollution problem. — Jared 9.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
The GridWise smart-grid trial in the Seattle area in 2007 found that consumers lowered their energy use by 10 percent and utilities were able to shave their peak demand by 15 percent. Create cheap clean energy, new badly needed green jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Click here to review our Terms of Use.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2009
For just a little more than half that amount, we could fund a fifty-fold increase in spending on R&D for the kind of game-changing technological breakthroughs—like smart grids, ultra-efficient batteries or even cheap, manageable fusion—we will need to end our addiction to fossil fuels.
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