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Grant Thornton LLP Warns of Potential Collapse of Automotive Supply Chain

Green Car Congress

To right-size capacity levels and promote a viable industry, we believe 30 to 40 percent of all suppliers are at risk due to the necessary alignment of capacity with demand, which should stabilize in the 12 to 14 million-unit range by 2010-2011. Laura Marcero. The rewards for successful execution will be great. Laura Marcero

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

The taxpayer is financing the American automakers’ survival and their future. Rulemaking will determine the extent to which this new regime will promote plug-in cars beyond the initial tens of thousands that seem slated to appear from the majors beginning with MY 2011. However, the power relationships have shifted somewhat.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space. The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Electric vehicles will be available for customers in 2011. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Which scheme wins may depend (in addition to financing hurdles) as much on our driving habits and patience as on advances in technology. The thing that bothers me the most about Tesla is not the range or cost of driving an EV. Ultimately, some believe a cost, not price, of $0.25 a gallon , that’s 5.7 cents a a mile, 1.3

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Superstars of AB 811 Rock Palm Desert @ EcoMotion Conference

Creative Greenius

He’s been on the ground running the City of Palm Desert’s Energy Independence Program since it launched as the Set To Save program in January of 2007 and he’s got his city on track to save the 30% of electricity and natural gas he’s in charge of reducing by 2011. That’s damn valuable information.