For UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company, no time of year is more challenging than the holiday season. This year, the Atlanta-based company predicts the surge of packages it handles between Thanksgiving and Christmas will exceed half a billion.…
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How to jump-start the vehicle-based smart grid | GreenBiz
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The triple tragedy that struck Japan in March 2011 is already remaking global energy markets. In the wake of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, public outrage over the meltdown delayed or derailed nuclear energy’s promised renaissance in many markets. Yet…
Seven lessons learned from driving 24 million EV miles | GreenBiz
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In the world of electric vehicles, nothing attracts as much speculation or disagreement as the debate over exactly how EV drivers behave. Do they need 100 miles of range or will 30 miles do? How many public recharge stations do…
Book Review — High Voltage: The Fast Track to Plug In the Auto Industry | OnEarth
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Jim Motavalli | Rodale Books, 272 pp., $24.99 When the Toyota Prius debuted in the United States a decade ago, reactions were polarized. Fans loved its tantalizing mileage; skeptics scoffed at its relatively high cost and smug eco-imaging. Today, with…
Meet the Change Makers: Steering Ford Toward Sustainability | OnEarth
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A focus on efficiency helps Ford pull away from the Detroit pack. Executive Sue Cischke explains how. In the long history of U.S. automakers, green strategy and profitability have rarely gone hand in hand –until, that is, Henry Ford’s great-grandson…
Review: Revenge of the Electric Car | OnEarth
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Chris Paine’s 2006 documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? arrived with perfect timing, capturing the country’s collective frustration with sky-high energy prices as well as our growing disenchantment with the automotive alternatives on offer. Let’s hope his sequel, Revenge of the Electric Car,…
GM Upgrades OnStar to Power First Real-World, Smart Grid EV Pilot | GreenBiz
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Hard to believe that OnStar — GM’s in-car mobile data service — celebrates its Sweet 16 this year. Back in 1995, when the service was launched for GM’s luxury line, pundits griped it was just a superfluous add-on. This was…
Charge! Electric Cars Fueled by Higher Gas Prices | The Fiscal Times
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Turmoil in the Middle East, uncertainty about oil prices, and gasoline still flirting with the nerve-rattling level of $4 per gallon in some parts of the country are making consumers nervous. Even after prices slipped in response to concerns about…
The New Electric Vehicles: Coming to a Plug Near You | OnEarth
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via onearth.org The e-cars are coming. You know about hybrids such as the gas-electric Prius, but they were just the first step in a long evolution toward virtually emissions-free, high-mileage vehicles. The next frontier is gas-free, 100 percent-battery powered cars:…
Ford Electrifies its Eco-Car Strategy | GreenBiz
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