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California Startup Aurica Motors Trying to Keep NUMMI Plant Open for Manufacturing Electric Cars, Battery Swap System

Green Car Congress

Startup electric car company Aurica Motors announced a plan to keep the NUMMI plant, which employs 4,700 people, from shutting down when Toyota leaves on 31 March. Aurica is trying to obtain Federal economic stimulus funding to convert NUMMI to electric car manufacturing, but is also open to private financing.

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Ford Starts EV Test Drives

Revenge of the Electric Car

“Ford Motor Co. company prepares to introduce battery-powered models as early as next year. 28 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. company prepares to introduce battery-powered models as early as next year. The company is already trying out battery-powered vehicles in London, Meier said. 4 as the U.S.

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California Goes To Hell In A Handbasket But Greenius Says AB 811 is Our Route To Green Heaven

Creative Greenius

The treasure chest was cleverly disguised in the form of Federal stimulus money from the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. We can’t wait to go solar so we’re we can stop paying the electric company for dirty energy. Imagine that. Here at my home we’ve cut our electrical bill more than in half.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , Still, the company will respond to a push by theObama administration for carmakers to sell plug-ins, he said. “We General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. and Nissan MotorCo.,

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