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BMW H2 BS

Plugs and Cars

Especially a super luxury car that switches to gasoline with the flick of a finger. The gasoline-only production version of this car, the 7 Series, is available today for between $75,800 and $122,600. The 7 Series has get a combined sub-20mpg and has an air pollution index of 6 out of 10.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Green Car Congress

Without the CAFE standard and stimulus monies to promote green vehicle tech, the industry would not be headed toward a greener horizon. In contrast, imagine the public outcry if the cost of gasoline varied from $3.00 Gasoline prices varied for the week of 3/14 from $3.95 Power plant capital costs. Source: EIA.

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California Energy Commission adopts $100M investment plan update for 2012-2013 to increase use of green vehicles and alt fuels

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The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted a 2012-2013 Investment Plan Update to increase the use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. million for E85 fuel (85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline) and $1.5 Funding sources include vehicle and vessel registrations, license plates, and smog abatement fees.

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California Energy Commission awards $9.6M to 8 projects on electric vehicles, natural gas and biofuels

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The $9,612,515 is funded from the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Transportation program. Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) created the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Electric vehicles components.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Smart Grid Consortium, established in December 2007 by Xcel Energy, will select a community of approximately 100,000 residents to become a Smart Grid City using V2G. Annual use of an EV should be less than the average cost of $8,000 per year for using a gasoline in many countries including the USA. SZ (1) 6753.T SZ (1) 6753.T

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