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Prius Designs, eBay Finds And FedEx Fuel Cells: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Toyota promises racier styling for its next Prius, we look at a Chrysler electric car from the 1970s, and FedEx is getting ready to test fuel-cell range-extended vehicles. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Toyota's Hydrogen Future, Tesla Recall, Electric-Car Road Trip: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today on Green Car Reports: Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk questions the NHTSA''s definition of "recall," a Toyota executive sounds off about the company''s plans for hydrogen fuel-cell cars, and the third leg of a Tesla Model S road trip from New York to Florida. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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NASA explores hydrogen fuel cell technology

Green Cars News

Hydrogen fuel cell technology may have seemed a bit futuristic at one time, but with the first production cars on their way in the next couple of years, it seems that the next step may be to head for the stars. Oxford-based Cella Energy has agreed a deal NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to [.].

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Waste to fuel biorefinery breaks ground in US

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A new plant that will convert garden, household and vegetative waste into cellulosic ethanol and renewable power has broken ground in Vero Beach, Florida. Ineos New Planet BioEnergy began work on the $130million Indian River BioEnergy Centre earlier this week.

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Gulf oil spill highlights the need for fuel alternatives

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Two Republican senators in the US, Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Charlie Crist of Florida have since withdrawn their support for drilling in the ocean as a result of the accident. The tragic oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico appears to be creating a backlash against US investment into offshore drilling. Oil has been [.].

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

Green Car Congress

That last feature—the ability to self-regulate in large-string configurations—is especially valuable in the NS-999 application, Granville told Green Car Congress. NS’ main emphasis will be the line-haul, over-the-road locomotives, Granville said, which is where the real fuel savings and emissions reduction will accrue.

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Hydrogen refuelling station opens in US

Green Cars News

Hydrogen refuelling firm SunHydro is to open its first publicly available refuelling station for hydrogen cars this Friday. The new refuelling point will be opened at Wallingford, Connecticut in the USA as the firm looks to develop a ‘hydrogen highway’ which will run all the way from Maine to Florida.