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E Paper License Plates Now Street-Legal in California

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Outside of California, the device has been approved for use by commercial fleet vehicles in Michigan, Arizona, and Texas, and 10 additional U.S. Reviver Auto is making the so-called Rplates, and they aren’t cheap—the plates are listed at US $700, plus an $8 a month subscription fee. [ Photo: Reviver Auto. per month.

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Governor George Pataki Calls for 40% Penetration of Electric Drive Vehicles in US by End of Decade

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Pataki suggested some approaches: Autos. Incentivize auto manufacturers, for example, by exempting the profits resulting from the sale of the first 10 million vehicles that deliver more than 75 mpg from any corporate taxes. If you build it, they aren’t coming. Gasoline is too cheap. —Governor Pataki.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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As one of the speakers put it to the attendees, the bulk of which came from Southeast Michigan, plug-in vehicles will a major career path for most of the people in the room. Therefore it is important that auto manufacturers, policy makers and electric utilities work together very closely. Assistant Professor, Michigan State University.

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Sodium batteries from Michigan to challenge lithium’s grip – ET Auto

Baua Electric

But as dominant as they’ve become, there are other ways to build a battery. The plant situated near Michigan’s western shore has already started making cells and plans its first shipments in June. Natron’s facility in Holland, Michigan, is funded in part by a nearly USD 20 million federal grant. Natron Energy Inc.

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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And oil only seems cheap. When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor, no one believed we could build 30,000 planes and tanks in just one year. Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. And no one asked what it would cost.

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Will green cars put industry on road to profit?

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In May 2008, Toyota saw its Prius hybrid car turn it towards profitability in America and it scrapped plans to build a sport utility truck plant in Tupelo, Mississippi and chose to build a Prius plant there instead. It could be argued then that America is still drunk on cheap gasoline. Leave a comment with your thoughts.

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GM demos its new Energy products by running a mansion off a Silverado EV

Baua Electric

GM also plans to build a virtual power plant, as we’ve seen other energy services companies do , which aggregates the energy available from hundreds or thousands of customers and discharges it to the grid when needed. That’s important, because the system isn’t cheap. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.