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    the rising price of petroleum have placed a demand on alternatively powered vehicles with a lower total cost of ownership. The answer to this is the Electric Vehicle. The electric Vehicle industry is expected to grow at a CAGR (Compounded Annual Growth Rate) by 18% from 2012 to 2018 (Ak, 2013). This can be in part associated with the US Government offering up to a $7500 tax credit when you purchase an all-electric vehicle (Federal Tax Credit, 2013). This trend of incentives from the Government Public

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    Mahindra Reva vs. Tata Nano

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    Mahindra REVA vs. TATA nano Mahindra REVA Reva cars have been designed to be nimble, simple electric cars for non-polluting urban travel. They have been designed for inner-city use, where performance and long-distance driving is not a major requirement. Reva electric cars are small city cars with seating for two adults and two children. Depending on model they are capable of top speeds of between 65km/h and 80km/h (40-50mph) and have a range of up to 75km (48 miles) with 'lead acid' batteries

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    be even longer until scientists learn to wield electricity for demonstrations in the 18th Century. Now, three-hundred years later, we are combining these two forces to enhance transportation across the globe. From underground subway systems, all electric cars and even hover cars, electromagnetism has revolutionized the way we get around. Once the concepts of electricity and magnetism were grasped, it did not take long for automobile manufacturers to begin to use electricity and magnetism to improve

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    The evolution of the automobile has represented the potential for remarkable moments among engineers and innovators. The automotive industry is a range of companies, organizations, and institutions that design, develop, manufacture, and sell motor vehicles. It is also one of the most important economic sectors by revenue in the whole world. It began in the

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    Almost every working family living in the United States owns at least one vehicle. Global competition in the industry: There are many vehicle manufacturers throughout the world. A few common vehicles seen in my state are GM, Chrysler, Lexus, VW, Honda, Toyota, Ford, and Jeep. Each company tries to stay ahead of the rest. Toyota, based in Japan, for example was one of the first businesses to introduce hybrid vehicles. This was a direct result of the oil embargo. After having three oil shortages

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    The world we know today is the result of millennia of scientific revolution. Mankind has constantly pursued the understanding of the world around themselves, which has led to discoveries, and improvement of the living conditions. One of the single most important discoveries is fossil fuels, which literally fueled the industrial revolution. One of the many convenient products to emerge out of such a revolution was self-propelled personal transport. This invention, better known today as a car, was

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    emissions from internal combustion engines by encouraging EVs as mode of transportation. EVs are man made solution to the depletion of natural resources and climate change. b) Human-made infrastructure To power an electric vehicle, consumers must have the ability to connect their vehicle to a source of electricity, the utility must have the capacity to transmit and distribute this additional power and sufficient electricity generation capacity must exist. The onus is on the government as well as the

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    highways to reduce congestion and produce a faster commute time. This strategy would help create jobs and improve access to goods and services, which would boost business revenue. There would also be an improved response time for emergency personal and vehicles (Metro.17) Drawbacks include the fact that this strategy may in fact create more congestion than relieve it, thus continue to concentrate air toxins in major travel corridors.(Metro.17). There

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    Resources used were Google Scholar and journal web sites such as Science Direct and IEEE. THE MORE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT The more electric aircraft (MEA) is a concept which describes the use of electronics in the existing airplane designs. As per (Kostakis, et al., 2014) cabin pressurization, air-conditioning and anti-ice wing protection require pneumatic power, flight

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    It is an alliance comprising of several public health and environmental agencies located in 24 U.S. states and Canada. This alliance has come together to promote cleaner motor vehicles, including vehicles that emit fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Each state in this alliance has its own governing body and the member organization in that state abide by its policies. The cost of membership has been set to zero, in order to avoid corruption

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