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Junkyard Find: 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 Mystery Machine

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Today's Junkyard Find is a first-generation B-van, found in a Colorado boneyard. The Mystery Machine from the "Scooby-Doo" animated series has inspired countless van owners to slather on various blue/green/yellow/whatever paint schemes over the decades, and that's what happened to this Tradesman. The build tag says it was built at St.

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Sanyo Completes New Factory for Automotive Li-ion Batteries; Initial Capacity of 1M Cells Per Month

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The factory will start with a production capacity of 1 million cells per month, with the aim to expand the production scale depending on demand. In June, an EV racing car powered by Sanyo Lithium-ion battery systems hit an all-time record for electric vehicles (EV) at the 2010 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado.

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Coulomb Racks Up Series of Charging Infrastructure Wins

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Coulomb Technologies, the developer and provider of a family of products and services that provide a plug-in vehicle charging infrastructure ( earlier post ), announced a series of infrastructure wins (two European, one US) in late May and early June. KHLim’s CO 2 neutral area produces its own green energy through wind, heat and solar.

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2010 Prius Plug-in Hybrid Makes North American Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show; First Li-ion Battery Traction Battery Developed by Toyota and PEVE

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Toyota, at the Bloomberg Cars & Fuels conference 1 Dec. The battery powering the Prius PHV is the first lithium-ion drive-battery developed by Toyota and its joint venture battery production company, Panasonic Electric Vehicle Energy (PEVE). Tags: Hybrids Plug-ins. ” —Bill Reinert, National Mgr.

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Rentech takes stake in biomass company

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The company has signed an exclusive worldwide license with Rentech to use the patented Fischer-Tropsch technology for the production of renewable advanced biofuels from sugarcane bagasse. It has also licensed the use of the process for the production of renewable synthetic fuels from virgin wood waste at as many as 12 US-based projects.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% Passenger car sales dropped 10.6% GM total truck sales in July were down 18%, and car sales of 83,736 were off 21% compared with a year ago. TMS passenger car sales dropped 12.1%

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Production of nickel-cobalt-metal battery cells and packs, as well as production of battery separators (by partner Entek) for hybrid and electric vehicles. Production of manganese oxide cathode / graphite lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles. Production of high-volume battery packs for the GM Volt. .

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