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Sep 21, 2012
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Ford Offers Charging Station Etiquette Advice

Ford offers an infographic and short video explaining charging station etiquette for plug-in owners.  Enjoy! EV_PlugIn_Card (PDF)

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May 22, 2012
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The Lawless Rocket Beats 200mph!

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The Lawless Orange County Chopper Rocket, ridden by Larry “Spiderman” McBride, pulled off more than a world record electric drag racing run for a motorcycle, but for electric dragsters of all types by getting better than 200 miles per hour. The Rocket became the first electric drag racing vehicle to break a 6-second quarter mile …
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Apr 25, 2012
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GM Roomba WTF Redux

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General Motors has released another conceptual take on the ENV, calling it the ENV 2.0. The first time we saw the EN-V was in 2010 when GM partnered with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp (SAIC) and Segway (ya, the scooter people) to release this idea. At that time, I compared these to Roomba vacuums. They had …
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Apr 13, 2012
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KillaCycle Starts Year With Records

A quick “congrats” to the KillaCycle Team who started the season off at the Bandimere Speedway in Denver, Colorado with record-breaking performance. From Eva Hakansson: Scotty [Pollacheck] did a 8.159s @ 166.66 MPH (268 km/h) and backed it up with a 7.984s @ 174.48 MPH (280 km/h). This is makes it the new record in …
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Apr 12, 2012
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Yet Again, Politics Get In the Way.. or do they?

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CODA Automotive has announced that they’re abandoning plans to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Columbus, Ohio.  This because long delays have made it clear that the Department of Energy (DOE) will not likely act on their $500-million loan application for the project. The Columbus Dispatch blames the issue on the DOE, the administration, and …
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Mar 7, 2012
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Rhinestone Cowboy.. er… EV