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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. Donovan, CEO Renergie, Inc.

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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

Cars That Think

Second Sight Medical Products , in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. One Argus II patient estimated that the total cost of the device, surgery, and rehabilitation was $497,000. Typically, at least 80 percent of the device fee and most of the other costs were covered by insurance.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). PHEVs Are Cheaper to Run and Cheaper to Maintain [ to top ] 1/4 the Price?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries.

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