Two hi-tech cables link the kite to an electric generator on the ground where the electrical power is generated.

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Also, eStar is the first electric truck designed as an electric vehicle from the ground up, as opposed to a retrofit.

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Airlines can improve their fuel conservation by using single engine taxiing and electric-powered vehicles on the ground.

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As supplies grew and the price of natural gas plummeted, the ground shifted under the electric-power industry.

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Model S, the first premium sedan to be built from the ground up as an electric vehicle, began deliveries in June 2012.

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Model S is the world's first premium sedan built from the ground up as an electric vehicle and has been engineered to elevate the public's expectations of what a premium sedan can be.

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Mr. O'CONNOR: The ICP technology involves drilling holes--vertical holes into the ground and inserting long electric heaters, which then gradually heat the rock over a long period of time, and over a long period of time--by that, I mean two or three or more years.

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This, combined with a new digital camera developed for it by Mitsubishi Electric, will make it the most powerful ground-based optical telescope around.

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Constance would still be able to smell it later on, as she drove down the winding ramp for the last time, pulling away from the closing electric gate and the saluting security guard, onto the gritty ground floor and out into traffic, en route to .

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Incandescents are not yet outlawed, but they are certainly losing ground among people who worry about either global warming or their electric bills.

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