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Grant Thornton LLP Warns of Potential Collapse of Automotive Supply Chain

Green Car Congress

Meanwhile, adding further downside pressure is that banks in many cases are working to reduce their exposure to the auto industry. Frankly, if another constituent group was going to drive the supply base consolidation, it would have already occurred. The rewards for successful execution will be great. Laura Marcero

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Cleantech Group and Deloitte. advocacy group Plug In America.&#. Despite a surge in interest, electric cars may remain niche products in the world’s two largest auto markets. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte.

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GM: Let's Hash Out Open Plug-In Car Standards

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The auto industry is now gearing up to hash out those standards at the SAE conference in Detroit next week — and GM has a major stake in getting them out swiftly. Design by RareEdge Design Group. Earth2Tech] Omniture Launches Viral Video Measurement [NewTeeVee] Can New York Save Broadband? Marketing consulting by ACS.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Advocacy groups argue the task force’s assessment is shortsighted and worry that the Volt project may land in the scrap heap as G.M. “Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. rolls toward bankruptcy.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Current consortium members include Accenture, Current Group, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Ventyx. People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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