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New report showcases innovative finance tools to electrify truck, bus fleets; TCE Toolkit

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To ensure and accelerate the transition, we must move beyond the set of traditional mechanisms that have been used to assist one-to-one replacements of trucks and buses, such as grant programs providing basic buy-down payments.

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3 Years Of Painful Cuts Sets Oil Markets Up For Serious Supply Crunch

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The problem is that, unlike many other industries, resource extraction is extremely volatile, with supply responses very delayed. When oil prices go up, people buy fuel efficient cars. In other words, deficits create profit opportunities for drillers, ushering in new supplies. The price acts as a self-correcting mechanism.

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Grant Thornton LLP Warns of Potential Collapse of Automotive Supply Chain

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This will not alleviate the entire liquidity problem, but it will buy some time for the suppliers to formulate the consolidation plans. This of course requires OEM buy-in and their assurance that the individual supplier is a critical, long-term player. The Role of the OEMs.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

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According to Knittel the results suggest that the programme is an expensive way to reduce carbon, although he does state that it is possible the stimulus benefits outweigh added environmental costs. So is this scheme green at all? Indeed six of the top 10 trade-ins are SUVs with two mini-vans and two pick-up trucks rounding out the list.

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

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Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. Most people would have bought a new car years ago, but I didn’t because nothing worth buying was on the market. I would buy a Volt for $40K. — Ken Smith 4.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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More from Fortune No party for Citis owners: You and me Is it time to buy American Express? Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Berkshire Hathaway first tried to buy 25% of BYD, but Wang turned down the offer. " One more thing reassured him.

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