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Volvo plug-in hybrid bus with B?sbaar rapid charging to begin field testing in Gothenburg; 75-80% reduction in fuel consumption and CO2

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7900 Volvo Plugin Hybrid Charging at Redbergsplatsen in Gothenburg. Volvo Buses expect to be able to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by up to 90% by using biodiesel instead of standard, fossil diesel oil in the combustion engine. —HÃ¥kan Karlsson, President of Volvo Bus Corporation. Click to enlarge. Hybrids Plug-ins'

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. because, even E85, we wish that would roll out a lot faster -- but, the only infrastructure thats really in place, besides oil, is electricity distribution. GM Press Release ). Bloomberg ). Reuters ).

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

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Costar Corporation by Hymotion, October 2006 (Annapolis, MD), contact kliestenfeltz@costar.com Chelan County (WA) Advanced Vehicle Initiative s "Whitebird," by Manzanita Micro, October, 2006. Progress Energy Corporation by Advanced Vehicle Research Center , with Hymotion kit, July 2007 (Raleigh, NC), contact Mike.Ligett@.

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