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Transonic Looking at Final Funding Round This Year, Production Deployment of Supercritical Fuel System in 2014; 50-75% Improvement in Engine Fuel Economy

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The use of a supercritical fuel charge enables very fast and complete combustion with minimized thermal losses. Transonic is currently working with four OEMs on evaluating the system, Rocke said: one each in Asia, North America, Europe and the other in the heavy-duty engine sector. The TSCi charge is nearly invisible to the eye.

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Mahindra Mahindra Takes Majority Stake in REVA Electric Car Co.

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Post the buyout, the Board of Mahindra REVA has been re-constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. Pawan Goenka, President Automotive & Farm Equipment Sectors, Mahindra & Mahindra. In January 2010, the Chevrolet e-Spark premiered at the Delhi Auto Show, with GM India’s platform powered by REVA. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

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will sell a plug-in Toyota Prius after 2010, taking on the Chevrolet Volt, which goes on sale in November 2010. “We’re excited about being able to market a car that will never use a drop of gasoline.&#. “Nissan is really committing to this idea, and I think they’re going to be proven right.&#.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. April 17, 2009 12:34 pm Link Perhaps they should turbo charge the Volt or Telsa to run more like this electric powered Datsun drag racer: [link] American’s love a hot rod. It was able to get 90 miles per charge and they were all destroyed.

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Better Place Secures $350M Series B Round led by HSBC Group

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We’re in the process of improving the logistics around the installation with the goal of installing a switch system—a complete station—in less than one week. We’re now in the final stages of shopping out the construction of these machines&mash;we’re still 18 months away from a full operating network.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. Tree Planting as Carbon Offsets – Does Latitude Ma.

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