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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. Clean Energy.

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Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

But behind the layers of finance and paperwork, Guidestar GPS was developed. It was neither as clean looking nor as slick as the Aurora show car, but could be installed without major changes to the dash. And the first time the public got to see it was in 1994 in a very exciting debut. to have a complete set of Guidestar maps.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? org EV1 Club Home page [link] Original GM web site (circa Gen II model) www.evchargernews.com Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV www.prossen.com/ev RAV4 EV original TV ad www.a52.com com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th!

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” It’s expensive and my clients don’t finance. Because for one, financing isn’t available anymore and two, early adopters are a different crowd. Well, I’d love to retire to along one of the rivers in New Hampshire where you have a cotton gin.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Which scheme wins may depend (in addition to financing hurdles) as much on our driving habits and patience as on advances in technology. at tripenyinc (Manchester, New Hampshire) Product Manager at Synacor (Buffalo, New York) all jobs | post a job | jobs feed Subscribe to Earth2Tech © 2009 The GigaOM Network.

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Proposed Federal CEDA Designed to Help Risky Breakthrough Technologies Cross the Valley of Death; Working with $10+ Billion Fund

Green Car Congress

Green Car Congress recently attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street ( REFF- Wall Street ) conference sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). CEDA was proposed in two parallel bills: H.R. 2212 in the House, and S.B. 949 in the Senate. 186 of H.R. Earlier post.)

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

I will continue to work with Senators Kerry and Lieberman to produce a new bill that has a new focus that will lead to energy independence, create the jobs that we will need to become a vibrant, viable economy in the 21st century, and a green economy and clean up the air. ”. Overview of RGGI. Gases: CO 2 emissions.

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