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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

Washington State University. Shelby County Government. Advancing Climate and Innovation Goals of Memphis and Shelby County: Electrification of key fleet vehicles to capture cost savings and climate benefits. University of Washington. General Motors LLC. Municipality of Anchorage Department of Solid Waste Services.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). chief executive, said yesterday in Washington. He said he plans to discuss the idea with [Caroll] Shelby and [Lee] Iacocca.

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