The big question is why was this device not available from day one when the +Chevrolet Volt and +Nissan Leaf went on sale? Had this been used to drain the active electrons out of the battery after NHTSA crash tested the Volt last year, there likely never would have been any of the battery fire incidents that happened weeks after the tests.

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As we move away from traditional fossil fuel-burning automobiles towards hybrids and EVs, we're presented with new challenges — namely servicing th

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The beauty of faith is that you can be selective and arbitrary

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Via +Ben Wojdyla on FB. Nice wrap up of the idiocy of gay marriage arguments

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Once again, there's a second side. Go figure.

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TED and inequality: The real story
Today TED was subject to a story so misleading it would be funny… except it successfully launched an aggressive online campaign against us. The  National Journal   alleged we had censored a talk bec…

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This is nothing short of insane. Or, business as usual for the 1%. Tip from a DC insider got me this just-published Sunlight Foundation expose on the eve of Facebook's IPO.

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Facebook’s IPO lets it use a tax loophole to get up to $3 billion in tax breaks; no need to pay taxes for the forseeable future.

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Mmmm! Bacon!

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Ford made an interesting pivot last year with its new C-Max MPV by dropping its plans to offer a version with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost and go hybrid only. That makes the C-Max, Ford's first exclusively hybrid vehicle (at least here in North America, Europeans can still buy it with gas and diesel powerplants).

It's nearest competitor here will be the Toyota Prius V which is also a hybrid only. Unlike the Toyota (for now at least, Ford will also offer a plug-in version of the C-Max. Ford is now taking orders for the C-Max which has been officially priced starting at $25,995, $555 below the Prius.

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Ford Begins Taking Orders for C-MAX Hybrid – America's Most Affordable, Fuel-Efficient Hybrid Utility Vehicle. Ford dealers are now taking orders for the Ford C-MAX Hybrid, which will be more affo…

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