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AFS Trinity Awarded Patent for Extreme Hybrid Drivetrain; Company Arguing for Full PHEV Tax Credit

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The company said it expects DOE and US Congressional recognition of the cost, safety and performance benefits of the new technology in the form of the full plug-in hybrid tax credit of $7,500 to vehicles using this technology. AFS Trinity Chief Executive Officer Edward W.

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Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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per gallon US) subsidy and fuel excise and value-added tax exemptions, and ( b ) a prospective future scenario with no form of government support measures. In its development of biofuel policy, China’s 10 th five-year plan (2001–2005) proposed a biofuel industry to utilize surplus grain stocks. gallon US) with tax exemption and a $0.16/liter

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GM to cease manufacturing in Australia by 2017

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The decision to end manufacturing in Australia reflects the perfect storm of negative influences the automotive industry faces in the country, including the sustained strength of the Australian dollar, high cost of production, small domestic market and arguably the most competitive and fragmented auto market in the world.

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Opinion: Oil Market ShowdownCan Russia Outlast The Saudis?

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and China markets, while the Russian Finance Ministry recently backed away from a tax proposal which Russian crude producers said would reduce their output. The Finance Ministry sought a change in the mineral extraction tax formula to generate an additional 609 billion rubles in 2015 and 1.6 Volatility is equally pernicious.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Taking legal action over the ZEV mandates would be a repeat of the late 1990s: automakers filed a federal lawsuit that led California to water down its ZEV requirements beginning in 2001, thus effectively ending most automakers electric vehicle (EV) programs for more than a decade. Tesla Motors will have a bumpy year.

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The new 13-band Vehicle Excise Duty Scale

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The arrival of the new 13-band CO² emissions-based Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) scale, with new rates applicable from May 01 2009, accompanied details of the future direction of the company car tax system in Budget 2009. Company Car Tax. Of P11D price to be taxed. A Company Car Tax calculator can be found at www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

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“…his company estimates that the average cost of saving a kilowatt-hour through efficiency is 1.7 cents per kilowatt-hour; the cost of generating any new kilowatt hour of electricity today would be over 10 cents per kilowatt -hour - so the cost saving generated through energy efficiency are spectacular.&#.

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