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Clean Energy to provide LNG to Hawaii Gas; additional agreements in trucking, transit and refuse markets

Green Car Congress

The two-year contract extension is for an estimated 5 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGEs) per year and is valued at over $10 million. Fred Meyer Stores, a division of The Kroger Co., Clean Energy has supplied the City with LNG for more than a decade.

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

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1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Portland, Ore.; Both models provide maximum fuel efficiency by pairing the high-voltage lithium-ion battery and electric traction motor with a high-efficiency Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine. A limited number of Focus Electrics will first be available in California and the New York/New Jersey areas.

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

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Frank didn’t mention anything about the different cities like Portland and San Jose to name a couple who are building the first wave of plug in infrastructure. The show is all about people calling in with their gasoline powered car problems so Click and Clack can make fun of their cars and then give them a suggested fix.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

There were two Level 2 charging stations about six blocks away in a grocery store parking lot, but that was not a convenient or reliable option. Rebecca DeWhitt charges her electric vehicle in the driveway of the Portland, Ore., Even used gasoline-powered cars are averaging a monthly car payment of around $525.

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Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

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It is this concept of optimal packaging of the drivetrain components that made the i the logical choice when Mitsubishi decided to make a 100% electric-powered vehicle as it was relatively easy for engineers to swap the gasoline engine for an electric motor and stow the lithium-ion battery pack beneath the sub-floor. i-MiEV, Japan-spec.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. tons of carbon dioxide.

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