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

Green Car Congress

This opinion piece originally appeared in the Field-to-Pump blog, published by Renergie, Inc. ]. The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. In February, 2009, the US EPA granted Renergie, Inc. Donovan, CEO Renergie, Inc. Earlier GCC post.]

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Road Noise Cancellation and Engine Order Cancellation systems will provide vehicle manufacturers with the ability to greatly improve in-cabin refinement, with additional design opportunities for optimising vehicle weight reduction and fuel economy. E-mail: Password: Enter your AOL or AIM screenname and password. Follow us on Twitter!

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

Today, on this very special Blog Action Day Creative Greenius, I take you back to June of 2008 and ask you: What the hell have YOU been doing for the past 12 months? Worried about your finances and the crash of the economy? So far GM, Toyota, Nissan, VW, Mitsubishi, have all announced plug in vehicles they will have for sale in 2010.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

market share, the third-largest nameplate in Canada, unsurpassed 25 highway mile per gallon fuel economy and sales in more than 80 countries. Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. 1 day ago Goodbye, Routan?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia GM is committed to putting the system in the Chevrolet Volt for sale by 2010, Lutz said. Vice Chairman Bob Lutz in GMs FastLane blog ). losing sales to fuel-efficient cars from Toyota Motor Corp., Detroit Free Press ). Red Herring ).

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Read more in this blog post: [link] — Gregory Hancock 5. Search This Blog Previous Post: The Promise of a Better Light Bulb?

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If every car accepts 2 or 4 or 6 of these universal packs then true economies of scale can kick in in their manufacture. Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Takes the car companies out the battery business. Follow us on Twitter!