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FPL Group and Duke Energy Pledge 10-year, $600M+ Commitment to Transition Fleets to PHEVs and EVs

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metric ton reduction in green house gases per vehicle conversion, this has the potential to reduce more than 125,000 metric tons of greenhouse gasses over this ten year period. Currently, the only near-term options for available PEV supply are sedans, minivans, vans and a few bucket trucks. Also, based on a 2.45

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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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General Motors Corporation. General Motors Corporation. KEMET Corporation. Develop, validate, and deploy 220 advanced plug-in hybrid electric pickups and minivans. Louis Science Center; Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation (SEV-US); Kokam America Inc. Brownstown, MI. Cells will be from LG Chem, Ltd. Technology.

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NRC report finds significant number of near-term technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars

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Further, the benefits of some technologies are not completely represented in the tests used to estimate corporate average fuel economy (CAFE). It estimated the incremental RPE cost of conversion to the CI engine is about $3,600 for a four-cylinder engine and $4,800 for a six-cylinder engine.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. The electrification of the automobile is inevitable."

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