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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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University of Washington, Seattle. Develop and demonstrate technologies to enable a downsized, boosted, lean, low temperature gasoline combustion engine system that improves fuel economy while meeting emissions requirements. General Motors. HRL Laboratories, LLC. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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He said he was referring to plug-in hybrids such as the Chevy Volt. " "Assuming that we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently, I think a battery electric vehicle [that uses such battery technology] would actually be a plus from an environmental point of view." New York Times ) 10/22/07 ".in

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