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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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But no matter where we went, we could not escape one thing: the goddamn thermostat. Then, magically, Matt Rogers, who’d been one of the first interns on the iPod project, reached out to me. Almost all thermostats at that point were sold and installed by professional HVAC technicians. But it took about an hour to install.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.)

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