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DOE Turns Down V-Vehicle Loan Applications

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The DOE conducted an extensive technical, market, financial, regulatory, credit and legal analysis following its determination that the applications were substantially complete in May 2009. Varasano, a former Oracle Corporation and Booz Allen Hamilton executive, founded VVC in 2006. The second was for $241.2

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AlixPartners study finds post-crisis auto industry facing new set of challenges; sales projected below historical levels for foreseeable future

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Profitability parity is evidenced by the fact that last year earnings-before-income-taxes (EBIT) margins for automakers globally clustered in a tight band ranging from 4.3% This will put unprecedented pressure on all players to pick the right business models, the right legal and capital structures, and the right partners.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. Until fairly recently, these US motor vehicles were non-FFVs. 40 CFR § 80.27

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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by enacting a carbon tax or setting emission limits for each source type (“command-and-control)—the option to use offsets is generally discussed in the context of a cap-and-trade regime. If Congress establishes a GHG emission cap-and-trade program, only sources not covered by the cap could generate offsets.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. See Conversions to Electrify Worlds 900+ Million Cars.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. You pay your taxes on-line. You pay your corporate taxes on-line. Why don’t you look at your bill and see the Nuclear Decommissioning taxes on your electric bill. I want it to be all of California.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The 2006 Civic Hybrid, though it can theoretically drive solely on electric power, has too small an electric motor to effectively power the car by itself. The key information is found in links at the top of our PRIUS+ page : the 2006 version of our Fact Sheet, links to pages with photos, etc., See our 2007 Goals and 2006 Report.

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