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Thursday 11 March 2010
NEWS

Munich to Milan Electric Car Rally Slated for 2010
e-Miglia route will weave through Germany, Austria and end near Milan, Italy, and open to electric vehicles with 2, 3 and four wheels.


Will Coda's Electric Car Grab Some of Prius' Limelight?
Wall Street Journal reporter Joe White gets first ride in Coda electric car.


UK Organizations Lobby Gov't on Plug-In Hybrid Tax Exemption
Group wants government support of early adopters of electric cars to be extended to leasing companies and their customers.


New Book Envisions the Reinvention of the Automobile
Reinventing The Automobile - Personal Urban Mobility For The 21st Century is collaboration of three respected automotive experts from MIT and GM.


A123 Systems To Build Lithium Batteries for NaviStar
Batteries to be used as part of joint venture between Navistar and Modec.


Sundrop Fuels Convert Biomass to Synfuel Using Solar Energy
Concentrated solar energy gasifies biomass at 700 ºC into synthetic gas, which can be converted into methanol, ethanol or gasoline.


Demand for Lithium About to Take Off
NY Times article updates status of various lithium carbonate projects from Argentina to Canada.


Home Builder Begins Pre-wiring Homes for Electric Vehicles
KB Homes now offers buyers of its 'green homes', the option to pre-wire the garage for future electric vehicle recharging.


Consumers Want Hybrids, Electrics To Be Better In Every Way
Six out of 10 consumers are more likely to buy a hybrid or electric vehicle only when it is superior to gasoline-only models.


BYD Considering LA Area for Headquarters, Auto Plant, Sources Say
City officials have been in talks with electric car maker over the last 12 months.


CURRENTS

Drop, and give me fifty, Mr. President

Michael Moore's open letter to the President pretty much expresses the frustration many Americans are feeling right now, including yours truly.

Powering Transportation with the Sun

Inspired by my meeting with three fellow Germans in a local pub, here's 'moore' back-of-the-beer-napkin math on how to use sunlight to power transportation.

Mondragón: The Model For A Vibrant New Economy

Ask yourself, how does a community of 23,000 population generate the equivalent of $32 billion in revenues while eliminating unemployment and providing healthcare for all? Meet the Mondragón economic model.

Mobility in the World of $200 Oil

What will be your transportation options when oil hits $200 barrel sometime in the next decade?

Th!nk's Dutch Uncle

The Dutch city of Amsterdam is offering some very enticing grants to encourage people to 'go electric'; and that's good news for Th!nk.

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GUEST FEATURES

A Radically Different Transportation Future

Five-part video of 45-minute talk by EV World publisher, Bill Moore, to high-school students at Creighton University about the forces shaping mobility in the next twenty years.

What's Wrong With Nebraska's Wind?

The audience at this Omaha Press Club luncheon wants to know why the state lags so far behind its Great Plains neighbors in the generation of wind power.

PVEV : A Match Made in the Heavens

College student Michael Tonnesen comes up with his own economic model for powering the cars of the future with solar energy.

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PERSPECTIVES

BMW-Mini-E Offers Lease Extension. Are you in?

Today 3/10, All the Mini-E drivers were emailed a lease extension offer for 12 more months. The monthly lease payment is reduced from $850 to $600 a month and this includes the comprehensive and collision insurance, tires and snow tires, maintenance and service, no down payment, no limit on miles, no depreciation.

US consumers begin to favor electric cars

A recent automotive survey provides additional evidence for the arrival of the lithium era in the world.

THE FIRST TIME I MET PHIL KNOX

A synopsis of meeting Phil Knox and how my friendship with effected my intellectual understanding of aerodynamics as it applies to cars and trucks.

Social Media

INSIDER UPDATE

Whoever demonstrates the first commercially practical lithium-air battery may not change the course of human history, but they sure will change the rules of the game. Another possible game changer is ORNL's new charger circuitry. Not far behind is Bladon's microturbine and Peugeot's rental car program. READ MORE ....

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