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Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Concludes Knockout Qualifying Stage; 15 Vehicles from 12 Teams Continue On

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Vehicles also had to complete emissions, efficiency, and range events in which they had to achieve at least two-thirds the minimum fuel economy and range requirements. For fuel economy, this translates to at least 67 MPGe, or two-thirds of the 100 MPGe target for both vehicle classes.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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Argentina is displaying hints of the “tango crisis” of 1998: uncontrolled inflation, lack of foreign currency and risk of devaluation. As the Russian economy slumps into a deep recession in 2015, its negative impact on the Eurozone and surrounding countries could be large enough to offset the consumer benefit from falling fuel prices.

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Deffeyes "The Party's Over", by Richard Heinberg "Power Down: Options and actions for a post-carbon world", by Richard Heinberg, 2004 "The Solar Economy", by Herman Scheer "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Oil Shock", by Matt Simmons Return to top Copyright © 2005-2009 Plug In America. htm Advocates of the Th!

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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The tango (commuter cars) says they only need 50 million to become profitable. Hopefully the funding was from the same place as well… 2 Bill C said on March 13th, 2009 at 1:21 pm I think a few billion should be taken out of the Detroit bailout and give some capital to all of the electric car companies. This is a drop in the bucket.

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