The consortium, which includes Better Place, General Electric and automotive component companies, is now in discussions with other automakers.

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It bears repeating that data centers, while a high-profile feature of the digital economy, comprise only one component of ICT electric use.

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The company sells the Fluence but owns the battery, the most expensive component of an electric car and charges drivers for the miles they drive.

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The inspection report on the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative grant came a day after President Barack Obama lauded U.S. efforts to invest in alternative energy.

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Cummins is leading global manufacturer of diesel and natural gas engines, engine-related component products, and electric power generation systems.

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The Swach's cartridge, a key component of the system, resembles Edison's electric bulb and is made up of a composite of rice-husk ash (a highly porous material derived out of paddy husk) and fine particles of nano-silver, which inhibits bacteria growth.

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This machine shatters tiny amounts of a sample into its component atoms, ionises those atoms in order to give them an electric charge, and then uses that charge to attract the atoms along a tube.

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