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Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

Green Car Congress

For example, GM is leading a DOE funded project for a next-generation inverter targeting improving costs to $3.30/kW —Google FAQ on the challenge. (In its efforts to encourage the development of next-generation inverter technologies for vehicles, DOE is emphasizing a balance of cost, power density, specific power, and efficiency.

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Here we are four months later: GM is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy , and its turnaround plan — which gave the Chevy Volt a central role – has gotten a less-than-rave review from the Obama administration. Artificial Moore’s Law for Cleantech: Renewable Standards, by Steps : [.]

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol.

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Here’s every electric vehicle that currently qualifies for the US federal tax credit in 2024

Baua Electric

Source: Fueleconomy.gov Electric Vehicle (EV) Tax Credit FAQ How does the EV tax credit work? American companies like Ford , GM, and Tesla already have EVs that qualify to some extent, but others are sure to follow. Here are all those tax credits, rebates, and exemptions sorted by state. Do hybrids qualify for tax credits?

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

FordFestiva : Brian has a new project going GM/SaturnEV-1 : EV1 owner GM/SaturnEV-1 : Dave and Jeans Chronicles. GM/SaturnEV-1 : Join Kris Trexler on his "ChargeAcross America" GM/SaturnEV-1 : Peter Ohlers new EV. DeepCycle Battery FAQ : Everything you need to know. Ford Fiesta :Interesting English conversion.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." I got beaten down a number of times."

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

’s vice chairman of product development, Robert Lutz, reportedly told Volt enthusiasts at the Web site GM-Volt.com. “We April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. — Goodbye 2.

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