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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

Green Car Congress

Deutsche Bank’s China Auto analyst, Vincent Ha, continues to see robust light vehicle sales over the next few years, with a slow to about 11% YoY growth in 2011 (due to a high base from the 2010 surge, and reductions in government stimulus), followed by sustainable low double digit growth in 2012. He also believes that sub-1.6L

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Can green cars solve automotive crisis? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

It has established itself as a firm leader in the green car race thanks to the success of the Toyota Prius and Japanese government ecological perks including tax breaks have helped ease the drop in sales with the Prius topping the sales charts in its home country for two successive months. However, he faces strong competition.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

The taxpayer is financing the American automakers’ survival and their future. In addition to the California funds there is federal stimulus money, $41 million by mid-April, being doled out to their projects, many of zero environmental benefit. Although the future of plug-in cars looks brighter than ever, our work is cut out for us.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

SAN FRANCISCO — If electric cars have any future in the United States, this may be the city where they arrive first. In Berkeley, a town known for its environmental sensibility, one out of five cars sold today is a hybrid Prius. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. February 15, 2010.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. and Chrysler. .&#

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. For the future, Renault is working on development of exchangeable batteries for continuous mobility. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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