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New lightweight metals institute will be headquartered in Detroit

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The new $148-million lightweight metals manufacturing institute announced in February by President Obama ( earlier post ) will locate in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, officials from the American Lightweight Materials Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ALMMII) and the city announced today.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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the session counted among its panelists: Professor John Heywood, Sun Jae Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Sloan Auto Laboratory at MIT. Dr. Thrun reminded the audience that more than 42,000 Americans are killed each year in auto accidents and 2.7 Organized by Shane Chang at Honda Research Institute USA Inc.,

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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Smart Meters and Electric Cars

Revenge of the Electric Car

By 2012, we should have made some progress on this, just in time to re-elect Obama to his second term. Automakers unveiled more than a dozen production-ready, plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles at the Detroit auto show earlier this month, many of which will be on dealership lots between 2010 and 2012. And we will use meters.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. Match the auto maker with its electric car: A. NEV stands for neighborhood electric vehicle, which can travel at a top speed of 25 mph. See the complete Energy report. roads by 2015? Five million. Two million. One million. Tesla Motors.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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