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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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Energy Plant Design The University of California, Los Angeles, will re-engineer. conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. that substantially reduce costs of the motor. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. potential to substantially reduce the costs of an electric.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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The utility.will get a Ford plug-in hybrid vehicle by the end of this year and as many as 20 by some time in 2009 to test their durability, range and impact on the power grid, said Susan M. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle technologies are not yet competitive due primarily to the high cost of advanced batteries.

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