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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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The project, which will put 340 vehicles on the road in trials within the next six to eighteen months, will be the biggest of its kind and is intended to accelerate the availability of low carbon cars to consumers. The majority of the vehicles are electric, with a small number being plug-in gasoline-electric hybrids.

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California Energy Roadmap Targets Outlines Activities to Support Electrified Transportation; Sufficient Charging Stations to Support 1M Plug-ins by 2020

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Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation ( earlier post ). Alternative Fuel-Vehicle Rulemaking. One goal of an earlier CPUC rulemaking is to ready the electric infrastructure for light-duty passenger battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PEVs). Implementation Plan.

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Bosch: Electrification is Coming, But Combustion Engines to Dominate for Another 20 Years

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Our engineers are working to reduce the fuel consumption of gasoline and diesel engines by up to one third. This will make it possible to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of diesel cars to under 99 grams per kilometer.The electric car will come, but in small numbers at first. liters of gasoline per 100 kilometers [62 mpg US], or 2.6

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

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But it now looks like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to adopt some new regulations which could put it out of business quickly. “It’s Who Killed the Electric Car 2.0.&#. They convert Toyota Prius hybrids into mostly electric vehicles that get 100 to 150 miles per gallon.

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Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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AESC will market its laminated compact lithium-ion batteries to automotive manufacturers around the world for use in electric-powered vehicles (hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicles). This was the first vehicle to meet the Japan’s stringent Post New Long-term Regulations (PNLT).

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Mitsubishi Motors Begins Production of i-MiEV; Targeting 1,400 Units in Fiscal 2009

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) unveiled the production version of the i-MiEV electric vehicle on World Environment Day in Tokyo. Even when the CO 2 emitted at power generating stations is taken into consideration, the i-MiEV generates approximately one-third of the CO 2 produced by the gasoline “i” minicar, according to MMC.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. High-Speed Rail Unlocks Intermodal Potential Texas Excess Ford Expands Hybrid Success to Electric Vehicles ► March (17) Carbon Capture and Storage: To Be or Not To Be? In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle.

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