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Suzuki and Toyota to explore business partnership; environment, safety, and information technology

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In a joint statement, the two companies said that, given the rapid change in the auto industry, the industry is required to work not only on conventional automobile R&D, but also on R&D for advanced and future technologies in the fields including environment, safety, and IT.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Some observers thought V2G could prevent the kinds of price spikes and rolling blackouts then plaguing the Golden State. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle. And the auto industry had just canceled the battery EV.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cischke, Ford senior vice president for sustainability, environment and safety engineering. "By By partnering with these two industries. Now Lutz envisions selling hundreds of thousands of Volts a year, probably priced below $30,000. The target is to come in at the price of a midmarket car. People wont buy a full car.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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In the past the auto industry has responded to incentives and guidelines set by government agencies and reengineered their product to meet this requirement. In addition to giving every vehicle PHEV capabilities, we need to provide enough solar or wind generation to power vehicles, homes, and industry.

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One way or another, Fisker Automotive may soon be off the market

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billion in loans to auto manufacturers large and small—part of a much larger portfolio of clean energy loans and loan guarantees—Davidson added that not every investment and every company can succeed in such a competitive environment. Noting that DOE has issued $8.4 Earlier post.) Thune wants to end ATVM program.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. SZ (1) 6753.T

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GM on the brink…

Revenge of the Electric Car

It also said it had suspended merger talks with Chrysler to focus on its own increasingly urgent problems, brought on by higher gas prices, a weakening economy and tight credit — a combination afflicting the entire auto industry, but hurting G.M. Industry sales in the United States have fallen 14.6 If it provides G.M.

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