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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Green Car Congress

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. Toyota is testing a new lithium-ion battery meant to last a decade, Knight said, but costs could reach roughly $10,000." ( Seattle Times ) 6/14/06 "Toyota declined to say when such a car might be ready for release." ( Wall St.

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