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PHEV Energy Bill

Plug In Partners

W e've had the people in our shop go over the new energy bill with an eye for Plug Ins and electric transportation in general. Sec 641 Energy Storage for Transportation and Electric Power Vehicle Demonstrations Directs DOE to carry out a program of electric drive vehicle energy storage technology demonstrations though a consortia.

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Revealed: Jupiter’s Secret Power Source

Cars That Think

They have sometimes spoken of Jupiter as having an “energy crisis.” Such pulses of energy probably happen every few weeks on average, but it is hard to know exactly when. Now, an international team led by James O'Donoghue of JAXA , the Japanese space agency, says they've found an answer.

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UW-Madison Hybrid Vehicle Team working with Engine Research Center to apply dual-fuel RCCI engines in series and parallel hybrids

Green Car Congress

Earlier this year, Reitz presented work showing that, with only small changes in injection parameters, the efficient and low-emission combustion characteristics of a heavy-duty engine using RCCI can be adequately reproduced in a light-duty engine. The first, a Saturn Vue called the eMOOve, will be a series hybrid, to be completed in 2012.

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ISU study finds large potential for biobased materials in auto industry, but with challenges

Green Car Congress

Their report, “Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation”, was developed for the USDA Office of Energy Policy and New Uses. The Saturn L300 and European-market Opel Vectra have package trays and door panel inserts made of a kenaf and flax mixture. The production of these tires uses less energy. General Motors. Resources.

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Trainspotting

Revenge of the Electric Car

I haven’t heard about them since (though the former Saturn plant in the area is slated for Fisker ) but the image stuck with me. And if what appears to be light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be the oncoming train, we’ll have no one to blame but ourselves. Tags: Obama Energy chel. The story of my life, so to speak.

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2022 GMC Hummer EV: the biggest, baddest, butchest EV to hit the market?

Charged EVs

The brand died in 2009 as GM declared bankruptcy, restructured with US government backing, and jettisoned not only Hummer but also Pontiac, Saab and Saturn. Back in the day, the original Hummer H1 was a military vehicle with a light veneer of consumer comfort. Jaw-dropping specs. When you invoke the Watts To Freedom mode (WTF, get it?

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Grist Writer Gets the URGE2 Electrify

Plugs and Cars

Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. A green dream trifecta of energy independence, zero emissions, and zero carbon. As Roberts' posits, 2007 holds out tremendous promise, the stars are aligned. They have no consensus message.

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