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Johnson Controls
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Johnson Controls, Inc. is a company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. It was founded in 1885 by professor Warren S. Johnson, inventor of the first electric room thermostat.
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2 months, 1 week ago by: faircompanies faircompanies comments
The shrinking American car (batteries included)
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The arrival of the Smart car on the U.S. market has helped Americans re-think whether bigger is better when it comes to their vehicles, but it's only the beginning of the miniaturizing of the American market.It's not just fuel economy that has driven an interest in ...
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3 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Microcars, motorbikes, Smarts & the myth of micro EVs
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Micro-cars are cute, but is a Smart always smarter. faircompanies' Nicolás Boullosa argues that in cities like Barcelona if you just need a 2-seater why not just get a motorcycle (just one opinion of course).This led to talk about safety of small: should we be thinking more about ...
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3 months, 3 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Mopeds, diesel, NO2 and an electric future for Barcelona
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Barcelona, with centuries of well-planned streets, is one of the most dense cities in Europe, but while it may escape too much sprawl, its air quality is not ideal.The problems are both geographic- it is surrounded by mountains on several sides which prevent the air from circulating- and a ...
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4 months, 2 weeks ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
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My electric summer, when Washington helped resurrect the EV
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If this summer was the coming out party for the electric car, Washington was the host. They would seem unlikely bedfellows, but after visits with a couple of the hottest EV makers in the country, I'm convinced that electric vehicle companies have learned how to play politics.A month ...
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10 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen staff 1 comments
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How Tesla wants to make the electric car everyone's reality
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It's a startup in an industry where no one really starts up. It's a car company that started up with not just an electric car, but a high-end electric sportscar . Tesla Motors has been making waves since it was founded back in 2003, but lately talk has been ...
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11 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen staff 1 comments
Tesla VP on the $465 loan, Daimler's 10% and 2030
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Much of Diarmuid O'Connell's preparation for his job as vice president of one of the country's hottest electric car companies came from his time in the Bush State Department. "I developed a very poignant realization," explained O'Connell to Vanity Fair- discussing his days working on policy ...
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11 months, 1 week ago by: kirstendirksen staff comments
Road midgets: DIY NEVs and solar golf carts
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There are compact cars and subcompacts and minis and superminis, but even smaller and lighter yet are the NEVs or LEVs. Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) or Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs) are defined as vehicles capable of reaching speeds of 20mph, but not above 25mph.It's a relatively new vehicle ...
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12 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff 2 comments
Beyond EVs: solar roofs, shrunken sedans and eco-mode
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Greener cartalk, now that the Hydrogen FCVs have lost traction, is focused mainly on electrics. But the way a car runs is only half the story. Another way to green a car is to cut the amount of energy a vehicle needs to run in the first place, and for ...
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1 year, 2 months ago by: kirstendirksen staff 1 comments
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10 sustainable innovations: energy, transportation and more
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Green collar jobs, or jobs with high added value in the emerging sector of cleantech, are being stimulated by the Obama administration and, following in his footsteps, by other governments worldwide.We take a look at several of the technological advances that, although not directly related to the so-called green ...
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1 year, 2 months ago by: nicolas.boullosa staff 1 comments
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