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Ceres: national fuel economy and emissions standards can increase viability of domestic automakers and suppliers

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Auto Industry’s Financial Performance ,” says that fuel economy standards can provide automakers and suppliers the regulatory certainty necessary to stimulate investment in advanced technologies, such as electric vehicles and fuel efficient vehicles, that are necessary for automakers’ long-term financial health. —Alan Baum.

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Report finds US automakers remain profitable under future CAFE standards even with fuel price fluctuation

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In all of our fuel price scenarios (from Very Low to High), the auto industry would be profitable if current standards stay in place. —co-author and independent auto industry analyst Dan Luria. In that event, the Detroit Three automakers could lose 300,000 vehicle sales, $1.08 billion in profits, and 1.9

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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

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With fleet mileage, ALTe projects ROI on a conversion in less than two years. Another benefit of targeting a conversion application such as the taxi fleet is that the vehicles are all out of warranty, Thomas noted.). Gen1 System installed in a Crown Vic. V8: from 14 mpg to up to 43 mpg, depending on vehicle use. Click to enlarge.

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US Utilities Pledge to Ramp Up Efforts To Make Electricity a Crucial Transportation Fuel

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Utility Fleets : Utilities pledge to develop new sustainable fleet acquisition and operations plans, helping drive development and significant deployment of electric transportation solutions in light-, medium- and heavy-duty utility applications. Earley, Jr., Chairman and CEO of DTE Energy and Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute.

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Louis, MO; Deployment: 11 partner fleets. Demonstrate a fleet of 378 trucks and shuttle buses. Navistar, Inc.

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GM Working with Communities to Develop Roadmap For Plug-in Infrastructure

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Eliminate state sales tax on vehicle purchase; Commit/fund government fleet purchases (200 vehicles). Install public charging spots in key locations (30 distributed locations; meeting SAE J1772 level 2 (240V) charging standards and J2836); Establish free parking; Commit/fund government fleet purchases (25 high-profile vehicles).

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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