Year 2008: an electric odyssey in Cambridge, MA
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A Cambridge, MA, National Planning and Design Competition Grand Prize-winning design team has planned for electric vehicles (EVs) to play a large part in the future. The design team's comprehensive approach incorporates various types of EVs into transit systems already characterized by other modes of transportation, including mass transit, biking and walking. The design team's plan included the theoretical conversion of an existing Cambridge, MA subway station and its environment to accommodate the requirements of EVs.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 1993
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Year 2010: the evolution of El Cajon, CA
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The First Award-winning design team cites El Cajon, CA as the ideal test community for the introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) into the American transportation mainstream. The design team's approach focuses on three successive waves that will integrate EVs into the existing intermodal landscape. Various types of EVs are described, including personal electric vehicles (PEVs), family vehicles, vans and other shuttle vehicles and freight vehicles.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 1993
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Electric vehicles and the American community
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More than 130 design teams composed of architects, urban and environmental planners and electrical and mechanical engineers participate in The Electric Vehicle and the American Community: A National Planning and Design Competition. The presentations include descriptions of visionary and practical ideas for the electric vehicle, its introduction and its potential.
Publication Name: Electric Perspectives
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0364-474X
Year: 1993
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