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Written by Keen & Green
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 18:28 |
The dream of plugging your electric vehicle in for the night is getting closer, but it’s not as easy as a Glade Plug-In. It seems that that the new breed of electric vehicles won’t just plug into our home outlets along with the toaster or the alarm clock.
Because of this, Nissan announced that all future Nissan Leaf owners are required to have a Nissan-certified electrician visit their home before purchase. The electrician will survey the home and declare whether or not it’s up-to-snuff to handle the $2,200 (on top of the $32K car price) charger installation. If the home doesn’t meet standards, the electrician will provide an estimate for upgrade costs.
Nissan has yet to decide whether they’ll charge for the visits, but we figure with the 50% federal tax credit for component installation, and the $7,500 electric car credit, and never going to the gas station again will definitely outweigh the difference.
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Green Gals
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Written by Keen & Green
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Friday, 30 April 2010 16:14 |
Believe it or not, gold and diamonds are not the most precious materials exported out of South Africa. No, that title goes to this week’s Green Gal of the Week—Charlize Theron.
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Written by Keen & Green
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Thursday, 29 April 2010 21:04 |
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No, the above graph isn’t a picture of America’s Blue/Red division over each state’s political leanings. It’s actually a picture of how much gasoline each state consumes per capita. Funny how the two nearly mirror each other though, isn’t it?
Source: Infrastructurist
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Green Gals
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Written by Keen & Green
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Thursday, 22 April 2010 18:56 |
This installment of Green Gal of the Week features one of our favorite celebrity hippies, Gwyneth Paltrow. Now, being born into Hollywood royalty, raised on both coasts, schooled in the finest institutions, a super-successful movie career and a rock star husband means that she can drive whatever she wants. But guess what this 37 year old foxy blonde drives? Yep, a Toyota Prius.
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Written by Keen & Green
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Thursday, 22 April 2010 15:42 |
Unleashed as a concept car in 2007 and touted to be the savior of the General’s future, the Chevy Volt does not appear to be any closer to American driveways.
Now, Chevy is on the heels of the worst two economic years in company history. So, the fact that the Volt is still even an idea, or any other bowtie ride for that matter, is good news. But, for a car that the company is hinging so much of their “future success” on, it seems like they should be cranking these things out.
Well, not yet. But they are getting closer.
The pre-production model was unloaded onto a Manhattan dock a few weeks ago for a gaggle of auto journalists to drive around. (We missed the call; apparently we were tending our tomato garden that day).
So, to make up for not having a firsthand account of the $35K “General’s electric,” we defer to our contemporaries over at Winding Road Magazine. Take it away guys.
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