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FCA presents Fiat 500 M15 (methanol); to be sold in Israel

Green Car Congress

The product will be marketed in Israel by MCA—the official Israeli importer of FCA Group. FCA and DOR Chemicals initiated the Fiat 500 M15 project after the signing of the MOU with IFCI, combining their respective knowledge in alternative fuels. Background. In 2006, the Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, George A.

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Tata Takes On Air

Plug In Partners

Nègre has signed deals to bring its design to 12 more countries, including Germany, Israel and South Africa. 18% Alternative fuel hybrid. 37% Higher fuel economy. It just doesn't have an electric motor. However, that does not mean the Air car (watch video) is confined to the sub-continent. 39% Plug-in hybrids.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

Unintended environmental consequences derived from developing alternative fuels should be considered (e.g. Slovenia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Ireland, India, Denmark, Sweden, Israel, Germany and the United Kingdom all have 2030 deadlines. around land use). This includes Norway and South Korea, by 2025.

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. will become less common over the next 10-years and that a mix of alternative fuel vehicles including electric, biofuel, hydrogen and solar will and is now seeing tremendous market growth.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. For a Western Interstate, Alternative Fuels Beckon Electric Cars: What if There’s a Blackout? Battery recharging would typically take two to four hours, he said.

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Bailouts and Beemers

Plugs and Cars

The deck of cards, some might say house of cards, that is the American economy is being shuffled. None can deny the importance of the auto industry to the American economy, but no one was in the mood to pay obeisance to the once-powerful supplicants. Many a move toward alternative fuels has died on the shoals of lower petroleum prices.