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DOE to Award $25M to Two Consortia for US-China Clean Energy Research with Combined Funding of $100M; Focus on EVs and Carbon Capture and Sequestration

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The University of Michigan’s award will advance technologies for clean vehicles, while West Virginia University will use its funding to focus on the next generation of coal technologies, including carbon capture and storage. The announcement of another $12.5 The consortium will focus on vehicle electrification.

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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TVA and its independent power distributors are "going to be heavily impacted by the introduction of electric vehicles  as we add tens of thousands and possibly millions of these vehicles onto our highways," said Ken Breeden, TVAs executive vice president for customer resources. Source: Nissan North America Inc. 16,000 miles.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

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Subscribe Green News Events Manufacturers Region New Cars Used Cars Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Chrysler , Dodge , AutoblogGreen Exclusive , SAE World Congress Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day by Sebastian Blanco on Apr 22nd 2009 at 7:48PM Two months ago we went for a ride in the Dodge Circuit EV.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." Kwong asked.

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

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and Chrysler struggle to come up with business plans that regulators will embrace. and Chrysler. .&# and Chrysler. How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society? rolls toward bankruptcy. Whatever B.C.G.’s Follow the money.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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This "human resource advantage" is "the most important part" of BYDs strategy, Wang says. More Two very different drivers The leaders charged with saving GM and Chrysler are known for wielding a sharp pencil. Heres how one New England school is working to stay on top. More More brazen than Madoff? 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. DE (1) Agricultural offsets (1) Always On Going Green (1) Applied Materials (1) Appropedia (1) Aqua Resources Fund (1) Arnold Schwarzenegger (1) BMWG.F (1) Thinking Globally, Acting Locally San Francisco City Carbon Collobarative 18th and 1. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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