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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

Green Car Congress

The Department of Energy is working with industry, universities, national laboratories, and other groups to develop technologies capable of harnessing these resources to generate environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive power. DOE Funding: $142,000. Total Project Value: $179,000. DOE Funding: $158,000. Total Project Value: $233,000.

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"Spirit of DC" PHEV All Around America Update. from EVJerry back in DC with the "Spirit" Hanging out at the Beach!

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

And a return to Professor Andy Frank at UC- Davis 2. Note: the Green Train leave on its six week venture from Portland and is en route to DC. DPS is building commercial battery packs from smart universal battery modules ("UBM(TM)") as building block. Nevada: Las Vegas EVA 3. Arizona: Flagstaff EAA and Phoenix EAA.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

In cities like San Francisco, Portland, Ore., Dan Sperling, the director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, estimated that a typical electric car battery would cost the automaker $12,000, and a 240-volt charging unit would cost a household at least $1,500.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vehicles converted by Professor Andy Frank and his team at the UC Davis Hybrid Center are listed at our History of PHEVs page , with further info at www.team-fate.net. University of Manitoba by Hymotion, April 2007 (Winnipeg, Manitoba), contact eric_bibeau@umanitoba.ca At the bottom of this page, weve begun a list of PHEV Schoolbuses.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Kulongoski, Oregon as the electric-car manufacturer may be eyeing the “green” city of Portland. It is aggressively in talks with Portland General Electric Plug-In Charging Stations , ( POR ) and other states including Michigan, and California that are scrambling to offer incentives. 1 Jack Haddad 2 dividendgrowthinv.