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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

The Truth About Cars

House of Representatives that would prevent California from receiving federal waivers to set standards limiting the sale of gasoline-driven automobiles. We have a free market; therefore if Americans truly wanted to make the switch to electric vehicles, then they would buy them — no government interference necessary.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

Green Car Congress

Demand for lithium—the hottest commodity on the planet and the only commodity to show positive price movement in 2015—is poised to continue on its upward trajectory, becoming the world’s new gasoline and earning the moniker of “White Petroleum”.

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BP to sell Carson refinery and ARCO retail network in US Southwest to Tesoro for $2.5B

Green Car Congress

Subject to regulatory and other approvals, Tesoro will acquire the 266,000 barrel per day refinery near Los Angeles as well as the associated logistics network of pipelines and storage terminals and the ARCO-branded retail marketing network in Southern California, Arizona and Nevada. The closing is expected to happen before mid-2013.

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Opinion: Will Lithium Be Our Next Energy Crisis?

Clean Fleet Report

The electric vehicle (EV) revolution has begun and the race is on to lock down the U.S. Countries in the western world are phasing out gasoline-powered cars and rushing to lock down their lithium supplies. Nevada is the epicenter of lithium exploration and development in the United States. domestic supply of lithium.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. of burned gasoline into energy to turn the wheels, electric vehicles (EVs) use 59-62% of the electrical energy from the battery to do the same.

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How clean is EV battery manufacturing?

Electric Auto Association

It’s getting cleaner and prospects are improving BY TIM BENFORD: PRESIDENT OF DRIVE ELECTRIC DAYTON, PAST VICE-PRESIDENT OF ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. of burned gasoline into energy to turn the wheels, electric vehicles (EVs) use 59-62% of the electrical energy from the battery to do the same.

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Chrysler to deploy 20 Ram plug-in hybrid pickups this month; first of 140-unit test fleet

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Chrysler will deliver the first 20 units of its coming 140-unit plug-in hybrid RAM pickup test truck fleet ( earlier post )—10 to Clark County, Nevada and 10 to Yuma, Arizona—later this month, said Chrysler’s Abdullah A. Hemi V8 gasoline engine; a two-mode hybrid transmission; a 12.9 Click to enlarge. Abdullah A.

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