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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. This initiative demonstrates and promote of the feasibility of alternative fuel sources, education and public outreach, and reduction of pollution/emissions. Total DOE award: $12,975,388.

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

Green Car Congress

Cities account for 2% of the world’s area and yet they account for 75% of the resources and 75% of the waste ,” said Cervero. He calls Stockholm’s neighborhoods a “ string of pearls ” with a balanced use of land for work and housing—and yet Stockholm has relatively high level of car ownership (555 cars/ 1000 inhabitants). Heywood, J.,

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As the off-road vehicle market rushes to electrify, standards are lagging behind

Charged EVs

Right now I’m working on a committee where we’re defining the standard for an ePTO (electric power take-off) connection. Case New Holland brought out a methane-powered tractor that [runs on methane] made from farm waste. With the HVIL [high-voltage interlock], you’ve got to turn the power off when you pull the plug out of something.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish. We are suggesting that the variation in power and energy from renewable sources can be managed much more easily and economically with the batteries in PHEVs when they are plugged into the grid with a low power connection. For an extended discussion see Appendix C).

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The Curious Case of Buying A New State Senator From The South Bay

Creative Greenius

I feel that people who spend too much time on party politics are wasting that precious time which would be far better spent working on the actual issues, but what the hell do I know? Are they the lessor of two evils or the evil of two lessors? I’m an environmental activist, not a party person. But Billy Bloomfield isn’t alone.

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