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Bright Automotive Applies for $35M in Stimulus Package Grants to Accelerate Production of PHEV

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Bright Automotive has applied for $35 million in government grants to accelerate the production of its plug-in hybrid the IDEA ( earlier post ), and to deliver battery solutions to the industry through its engineering services arm.

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Next-generation Lead Acid Battery Company Firefly Energy Shuts Down, Files for Chapter 7

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Firefly co-founder and CEO Ed Williams said that Firefly Energy board decided to cease operations “ after 15 months of unsuccessful attempts to raise $20 million in equity capital, in the midst of this worldwide financial crisis, funds that would have enabled the company’s transition to full production and commercial sales. ”.

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Ford Starts EV Test Drives

Revenge of the Electric Car

The Dearborn-based company has a target of rolling out an electric-powered version of the Transit Connect commercial van next year, followed by an electric Focus in 2011. Last Updated: December 28, 2009 12:30 EST. Tags: International Projects Production News Ford Ford Focus Electric Germany.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Earlier post.).

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Germany Launches H2 Mobility Initiative to Expand Infrastructure for Refueling Hydrogen Vehicles

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Daimler AG and leading energy companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Berlin, with the participation of the German Minister of Transport, Wolfgang Tiefensee, to evaluate and expand the setup of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany to support the series production of fuel cell electric vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

government, and PurpleAir , created via crowd-sourcing of commercial sensors. And then, with transmission complete and the triggering stimulus gone, the system would shut down and return to a sleep or fully powered-off state. Once the stimulus is removed, the metal finger reverts to its original shape and the switch opens.

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First fleet of 100 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell electric vans covers 650,000 km in customer use; more model variants planned

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The areas of application are diverse: courier, express and package service providers (KEP, in German: Kurier-, Express- und Paketdienstleister); plant transportation in large corporations; service vehicles for plant maintenance, customer service, and assembly and internal transport within companies. The bodywork as such remains unaffected.

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