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X Prize, Electrathon teams to compete in Green Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International

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Automotive X Prize teams from New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Indiana will compete at the 7 th Annual Green Grand Prix Friday, April 15, at Watkins Glen International. The 15 April event kicks off Watkins Glen International’s opening weekend activities on 16 and 17 April. They may be built from a kit or from scratch.

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AFOSR and NASA Launch First Test Rocket Fueled by Aluminum-Ice Propellant

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It consists of an all-carbon-fiber, minimum-diameter high-power rocketry kit. Using ALICE as fuel, a nine-foot rocket soared to a height of 1,300 feet over Purdue University’s Scholer farms in Indiana earlier this month. Three sizes rocket motors ranging from internal diameters of 0.75 Credit: Dr. Steven F.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers. We believe both NiMH and Li-Ion are ready.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. told the Nikkei International Automotive Conference in Tokyo. He said he was "not so concerned about cost challenges: we might be able to internalize that." Bloomberg ).

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