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Ford Teams Up With Microsoft

Revenge of the Electric Car

The alliance also makes sense because the ongoing Ford-Microsoft Sync alliance gave Ford the industry’s best affordable Bluetooth-and-iPod solution with more than 2 million Sync cars shipped to date. Ford CEO Alan Mulally announced the partnership Wednesday at the opening day of the New York International Auto Show.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. Robust Adaptive Topology Control (RATC) Historically, the electric grid was designed to be passive, causing electric power to flow along the path of least. power grid. technology will enhance grid operations through improved. The tobacco will be.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. told the Nikkei International Automotive Conference in Tokyo. By partnering with these two industries. New York Times ) 10/22/07 ".in

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