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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Georgia Power, Great River Energy, Hydro-Québec, Manitoba Hydro, Nebraska Public Power District, New York Power Authority, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Progress Energy, Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Sacramento Municipal Util.

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Safety Institute: auto manufacturers fail to meet NHTSA deadline for replacement airbags

Green Car Congress

A study of Vehicle Owner Questionnaires from April through July 2016 shows that the agency has received 155 complaints from consumers with vehicles registered in hot and humid states, who attempted to have their recalled driver and passenger-side airbags repaired, only to be turned away by dealers for lack of parts.

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Abandoned History: The Apple Electric Car Project, Rest in Peace (2014-2024)

The Truth About Cars

Shortly thereafter an Apple board member stated Apple’s co-founder Steve Jobs (1955-2011) suggested the company could build an EV around the time Tesla arrived on the automotive scene in 2008. Thereafter, it was reported that a team from Canadian parts powerhouse Magna International was embedded at Apple’s laboratory in California.

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DaniMer Scientific and Myriant form strategic alliance; bio-succinic acid for production of bio-based polymers

Green Car Congress

As part of the alliance, DaniMer will utilize Myriant’s bio-succinic acid for the production of high-performance, bio-based polymers used to make a broad range of products. The company’s D(-) lactic acid started production at commercial scale in June 2008 for use in polylactic acid.

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USDA awards $10M in grants to spur production of biofuels, bioenergy and biobased products

Green Car Congress

University of Georgia, $345,689. AFRI is NIFA’s flagship competitive grant program and was established under the 2008 Farm Bill. The ISU report, Biobased Automobile Parts Investigation, shows that “the history of biobased automobile parts begins early in the development of automobiles themselves.

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Range Fuels Closes on $80M Loan Guaranteed by USDA for Cellulosic Biofuels Plant

Green Car Congress

The proceeds from the $80 million bond will be used to partially finance the first two phases of construction of Range Fuels’ first commercial cellulosic biofuels plant using renewable and sustainable supplies of non-food biomass near Soperton, Georgia. helped facilitate the financing of this bond transaction.

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UT Austin to lead $58M study of methane hydrate in Gulf of Mexico; $41M from DOE

Green Car Congress

While not part of this new program, the DOE further intends to evaluate production methods on terrestrial methane hydrate deposits in Alaska. Council of Canadian Academies (2008). Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Click to enlarge.

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