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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

Green Car Congress

He also highlighted innovative companies that are focusing as much on potential co-products from the grains they process as they are on the starch to ethanol conversion. MW of green power to the grid and enough thermal energy to all of their thermal requirements to distill the ethanol. Efficiency.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Batteries not ready. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Plans Cadillac Converj, Opel Ampera, other versions.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

Baua Electric

billion is going “to support the conversion of 11 shuttered or at-risk auto manufacturing and assembly facilities across eight states.” He made a pledge to “bring back coal,” and he has suggested that climate change itself is a hoax created by China to hurt U.S. That said, coal is no longer specifically one of Trump’s crusades in 2024.