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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €9.8 billion in China by 2015; efficient products and production

Green Car Congress

The Volkswagen Group is building seven new plants in China. Volkswagen had already reduced the fuel consumption of its fleet in China, currently including more than 70 models, by 20% between 2005 and 2010. The seven new plants will set new standards for sustainable automobile production. Dr. Martin Winterkorn.

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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

Clean Fleet Report

Most people are turning towards initiatives that build the environment rather than destroy it. An electric car has no internal combustion engine burning fossil fuels. With more users gearing towards purchasing electric vehicles, a surge in demand has drastically hit the electric automobile industry. Zero Carbon Emissions.

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Better Place, China Southern Grid sign strategic agreement on battery switching; Guangzhou accord to encourage production of EVs with switchable batteries

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The Guangzhou accord calls for the municipal government to encourage local car manufacturers, such as Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group, to produce electric cars with switchable batteries.

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Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

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For example, the investor offering the lowest feed-in tariff would be awarded the contract to build a new wind farm. In addition, a fleet regulation for power plant fleets modeled after the automobile industry would be an effective way to limit the average CO 2 emissions of the power utilities and further reduce emissions.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

Later, in graduate school at Virginia Tech, he became part of a group of engineers who visited local schools to help enhance the STEM curriculum with hands-on building of solar electric and small motor project activities. “We It was like the early days of the automobile industry when everything was so scattered,” Smith explained.

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New York Turn On

Plug In Partners

Turn on the Electric Road By DAVID MORRIS Published: October 8, 2006 Minneapolis LAST summer, New York State took a page from California’s playbook, using state policy to jump-start a 21st century automobile industry. We can grow enough biomass to fuel an entire nation of backup engines.

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History: Electric Cars: The Golden Age

Clean Fleet Report

With the recent growth of the electric automobile industry , it’s no surprise that EVs are a hot topic of conversation. Companies across the world are transitioning their fleets to either fully electric or hybrid systems. For comparison, today only one percent of our current national fleet consists of electric vehicles.