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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Production of lithium-ion cells, modules, and battery packs for industrial and agricultural vehicles and defense application markets.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Peter Valdes-Dapena , CNNMoney.com senior writer Last Updated: April 15, 2009: 2:59 PM ET The Dodge Circuit, slated to enter production late next year, is based on a vehicle platform engineered by Britains Lotus.

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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2 of 4) "Nissan is taking a leadership role by developing what could be this industrys next big thing," the governor said. Postal Service with a fleet of 250 all-electric Chrysler Town & Country minivans in Michigan, North Carolina and the New York City area beginning later this year. The car Bredesen and others drove at Nissans U.S.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently."

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts. Maybe you should ask some engineers at the local power utility before you go shooting your mouth off, decrying how the idea will never fly. The main benefit associated with the swapping model is speed.