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Can green cars solve automotive crisis? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Out have gone the coffee before work each morning, the weekend nights out, and the rush to buy the hot new DVD releases; in has been a new, thrifty way of living. Part of the swing in culture has been a downturn in new car sales. However, the company’s bright spark remains its green efforts. Averting a slump.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

According to Knittel the results suggest that the programme is an expensive way to reduce carbon, although he does state that it is possible the stimulus benefits outweigh added environmental costs. So is this scheme green at all? Our verdict – green shoots should not be ignored. Faye Sunderland.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies. car’s introduction. •In Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40 percent of $1.9 Chinese green-car subsidies on hold. US, China partner on electric cars. By Jaeah Lee for the Christian Science Monitor.

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The Race to Plug-In Hybrids Is On

Green Cars News

The new administration’s stimulus package allots $2B for advanced batteries, $300M for federal and states fleets to buy new clean fuel vehicles and $7,500 tax rebate for PHEV, with yet more money in the Auto-Industry Re-tooling fund. No on has a lock on this future; everything is up for grabs.

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