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GILLIG posts highest score for battery-electric bus at Altoona

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The Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Bus Test Program, conducted by the Larson Transportation Institute’s Bus Research and Testing Center in Altoona, Pennsylvania, evaluates how well vehicles perform under conditions that simulate the rigorous duty cycles required of transit buses. With an overall score of 89.5

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A123 Systems 8K filing says substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern; status of grants and incentives

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A123 Systems has been the recipient of a number of state and federal grants and tax incentives. million grant awarded under the US Department of Energy (DOE) Battery Initiative to support manufacturing expansion of new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facilities in Michigan. —A123 Systems Form 8K 30 May 2012.

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Obama Announces Steps to Boost Biofuels, Clean Coal; RFS2, BCAP, BIWG and Carbon Capture and Storage Task Force

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And we want to get up 10 commercial demonstration projects, get those up and running by 2016. In addition, technical assistance to accessing federal grants and loan programs should be readily and easily available.

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