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$26.4B DOE FY 2010 Budget Request Cuts Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles; With Recovery Act Funding Boosts Support for PHEVs, Biomass and Biorefineries

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This reflects increases in VT’s core R&D activities that support accelerated development of PHEVs, as well as lighter vehicles and more efficient combustion engines. Funding is provided for Fuel Cell Systems R&D (+$63.2M) and Systems Analysis (-$2.7M); funding for all other activities is zero, reflecting their longer term status.

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DOE to award up to $9M for Small Business programs in broad range of technologies including vehicles, biomass and hydrogen and fuel cells

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Applicants are sought to develop electrochemical energy storage technologies which support commercialization of micro, mild, and full HEVs, PHEVs, and EVs. VTP seeks projects in the following areas: Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries. Biobased Products. gge at the plant gate; and (b) have a market potential of 500,000 metric tons/year.

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Driving the VW e-Golf; strategy, assembly in Wolfsburg, Braunschweig battery plant

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Once the new generations are coming out, if we see a reasonable market share for EVs and PHEVs, we can deliver [those] without having to redevelop. Whereas on the standard Golf (1.6 The e-Golf features a standard 8" touchscreen radio-navigation system with e-mobility specific functions. —Christian Buhlmann. Bottom right.

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