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href="http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/geminitracking-gps-child-locator.html"&gt;GemTrac GPS Personal Locator System - Child Locator | GPS tracking &amp; short range hand held device&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://kwout.com/quote/w765az8p"&gt;kwout&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/geminitracking-gps-child-locator.html"&gt;GemTrac GPS Personal Locator System - Child Locator | GPS tracking &amp; short range hand held device&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/22964126</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/22964126</guid><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:33:21 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>"Fingerprint Cards’ swipe sensor technology in biometric secure debit and credit cards :..."</title><description>“&lt;div class="kwout" style="text-align:center;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://kwout.com/cutout/a/c7/pm/v7g_bor_rou_sha.jpg" 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href="http://faves.com/Out.ashx?u=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7094526.stm&amp;d=101757641859&amp;t=health,science,future&amp;ls=rss"&gt;View original page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/20016528</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/20016528</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:00:41 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Renault Studying Building Electric Car Plant in Israel</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16676"&gt;Renault Studying Building Electric Car Plant in Israel&lt;/a&gt;: Renault is exploring a potential partnership with Israeli entrepreneur and high-tech star Shai Agassi.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462450</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462450</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Honda Rolls Out FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Sedan</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16675"&gt;Honda Rolls Out FCX Clarity Fuel Cell Sedan&lt;/a&gt;: Full details of the lease program will be set closer to launch, but current plans call for a three-year lease term with a price of $600 per month, including maintenance and collision insurance.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462451</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462451</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>GM Aims to be First to Produce One Million Fuel Cell Vehicles</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16674"&gt;GM Aims to be First to Produce One Million Fuel Cell Vehicles&lt;/a&gt;: GM executive visiting China states, ‘We want to be the first automaker to produce a million fuel cell vehicles, and be profitable doing 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Not Hydrogen&lt;/a&gt;: Besides commenting on the need for automakers needing help with the financial burden of their healthcare obligations, the former chairman of Chrysler also commented on electric, grid-charged hybrids.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462455</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462455</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Carmakers Do Delicate Minuet Between Marketing and Lobbying</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16671"&gt;Carmakers Do Delicate Minuet Between Marketing and Lobbying&lt;/a&gt;: The delicate minuet of marketing and lobbying shows how car makers are bowing toward pressure for earth-friendly, fuel-efficient autos while at the same time tiptoeing around the fact that fuel-thirsty trucks and sport-utility vehicles are big sellers.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462456</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462456</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>UC Davis Plug-in Hybrid Pioneer Licenses Technology</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16670"&gt;UC Davis Plug-in Hybrid Pioneer Licenses Technology&lt;/a&gt;: EDI plans to partner with auto designers and manufacturers so that they can rapidly introduce advanced plug-in hybrid technology into their vehicles.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462459</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462459</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Car Industry Falls Short of Green Aspirations at LA Auto Show</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16669"&gt;Car Industry Falls Short of Green Aspirations at LA Auto Show&lt;/a&gt;: L.A.’s car showcase underscores that the government needs to help automakers in the drive to make eco-friendly vehicles.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462461</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462461</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Ford Exploring Plug-in Hybrids</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16668"&gt;Ford Exploring Plug-in Hybrids&lt;/a&gt;: AbstracMulally said the lithium-ion batteries needed for the fuel-cell vehicles still have safety issues, and there is no infrastructure for hydrogen distribution.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462462</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462462</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>GM Targets Volt Electric Car Road Test in Early 2008</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16667"&gt;GM Targets Volt Electric Car Road Test in Early 2008&lt;/a&gt;: GM is the only automaker to have provided a timeline on the production of a plug-in hybrid vehicle.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462464</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462464</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Ford Lays Out Sustainability Blueprint</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16666"&gt;Ford Lays Out Sustainability Blueprint&lt;/a&gt;: Ford plans to deploy different levels of hybridization with either diesel or gasoline engines - depending on the market and vehicle type.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462465</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462465</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Plugged Into the Future</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16665"&gt;Plugged Into the Future&lt;/a&gt;: Hybrids and plug-in hybrids emit less greenhouse gases, while plug-in hybrids using renewable energy as their source emit just one-third of that of the conventional vehicle.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462466</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462466</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Consider the Electric Car</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16664"&gt;Consider the Electric Car&lt;/a&gt;: Michael D. Mason highlights the advantages of electric cars in this letter to the editor</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462467</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462467</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>How Green Is That Chevy?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16663"&gt;How Green Is That Chevy?&lt;/a&gt;: GM, in an uphill battle to cultivate a green image, will use an appearance today at the eco-centric Los Angeles Auto Show to prove it has the products and technological know-how to back up Chevy as an Earth-friendly brand.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462468</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462468</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Nissan, Bosch Speculated to be in Talks on Hybrid Car Systems</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16662"&gt;Nissan, Bosch Speculated to be in Talks on Hybrid Car Systems&lt;/a&gt;: Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reports Nissan is seeking to ease the burden of heavy research and development costs, while Bosch has also worked on developing batteries needed in hybrids.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462469</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462469</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Freedom From Oil Campaign to Expose Auto Industry's Eco-Hypocrisy</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16661"&gt;Freedom From Oil Campaign to Expose Auto Industry's Eco-Hypocrisy&lt;/a&gt;: Environmental and human rights advocates will hold a series of creative actions outside the Los Angeles Convention Center, calling attention to the wide gap between the auto industry’s words and actions.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462470</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462470</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>California ARB Staff Proposes Amendments Favoring Electric Cars</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?page=news&amp;rssid=16660"&gt;California ARB Staff Proposes Amendments Favoring Electric Cars&lt;/a&gt;: Among the amendments currently proposed by ARB staff is a method for calculating Equivalent All Electric Range to account for a variety of operating strategies for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.</description><link>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462471</link><guid>http://sigalon.tumblr.com/post/19462471</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:29 +0100</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
