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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

Green Car Congress

Remote Area Modular Monitoring for Critical Facilities, $300,000 Embedded Planet, Cleveland, Ohio Simulation Tool for Energy-Efficient Connected and Automated Vehicle Control Development, $600,000 Hyundai America Technical Center, Superior Township, Mich. El Centro, Calif. Montgomery Center, Vt. Montgomery Center, Vt. Tempe, Ariz.

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. If taken from such sources, hydrogen is a fossil fuel, and is not a renewable resource.

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Drive Electric Submission on the Emissions Reduction Plan Discussion Document

Drive Electric

The Hyundai Motor Group aims to produce 1 million EVs globally, by 2025. Successful schemes should be designed to capture CO2, fuel economy, NOx and safety benefits. Policy and regulatory settings (including access to the grid, competition settings). . Capacity of the grid and managing demand. .

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. 1,000 pre-orders for small production runs in 2009 and 2010starting 4th quarter 2009.

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