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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. The pickup boasts 563 horsepower, does zero to 60 in four seconds and wields 1050 Newton-meters (775 lb.-feet)

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UCS analysis finds Hyundai-Kia with best sales-weighted new vehicle environmental performance in US in 2013

Green Car Congress

Due to strong federal and state emissions standards, the average new car has gotten 43% cleaner since 1998. Despite this progress, UCS noted, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler still have higher than average new fleet smog-forming and GHG emissions. Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.

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CleanFUEL USA Expands Propane Engine Products With IMPCO

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a leading manufacturer of engine components that converts vehicles to operate on cleaner gaseous fuels, such as propane. CleanFUEL North America, Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with IMPCO Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc., 2008 and 2009 3.5L Chevrolet Impala. liter Chevrolet G Van and GMC Savana.

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Hempstead Town, NYSERDA and National Grid Launch Long Islands First Hydrogen/HCNG Fuel Station

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Hempstead Town’s new fueling station is a major research and demonstration project that will help to assess the viability of hydrogen and HCNG as alternative fuels, with the goal of identifying cleaner alternatives to gasoline that will reduce fossil fuel dependency. Hempstead Town utilizes natural gas vehicles in its municipal fleet.

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Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

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Reaction Design’s own ENERGICO, FORTÉ and CHEMKIN-PRO products include the most advanced kinetic solvers in the industry and can therefore maximize the utility of the Model Fuel Library components. Reaction Design developed the Model Fuels Consortium in 2005 to address the emerging challenges experienced by the automotive and fuel industry.

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Volt for Real?

Plug In Partners

F or those who think that GM is not serious about its new PHEV , the Volt , here is a piece that makes you think they are: The Volt To Be Lutz's Legacy May 21, 2007 So, I heard General Motors’ Bob Lutz on National Public Radio’s “Wait. Yes, the Volt should be Lutz’s legacy. I know the Volt isn’t here yet. Estimates vary.

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Toyota Plug In

Plug In Partners

Such plug-in hybrids can run longer as an electric vehicle than regular hybrids, and are cleaner. which makes Panasonic products, will begin producing lithium-ion batteries next year and move into full-scale production in 2010, Toyota said. The joint venture that Toyota set up with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.,

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