Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

And oil only seems cheap. As batteries get cheaper and smaller, and motors get light enough to fit inside wheels, we’ll be able to upgrade smaller cars. While we’re fixing vehicles, we can also equip them with low-cost real-time MPG indicators that show us how to save money and still get to places quickly.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass. The big problem is that they are expensive to make, and the single largest cost is the battery.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Electric Auto Association

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Wink Motors Neighborhood EV (NEV). Wink Motors Tiny cars Small, low-cost EVs are on the horizon. EV costs Cheap cars It won’t be long before high cost will no longer be a valid reason for avoiding EVs. Mercedes EV. Road embedded with wireless charging.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Power plants would face an overall cap on emissions that would become more stringent over time; motor fuel may be subject to a carbon tax whose proceeds could help electrify the U.S. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions.

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