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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Massachusetts: $2,500,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). Lowell Regional Transit Authority, Massachusetts: $1,500,000.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

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Topics covered the expected gamut of policy (especially carbon policy), infrastructure, batteries and consumers. Therefore it is important that auto manufacturers, policy makers and electric utilities work together very closely. Infrastructure, recharging and business models. —Peter Darbee. John Patten, Ph.D.,

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

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Howard told me that he and the rest of the County’s Energy & Environmental Policy Team (created in response to Governor Schwarzenegger’s signing of AB32 - California’s Global Warming Solutions Act) is “actively investigating the feasibility of a number of State legislative and other programs.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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Cornell Tweet This Post Tags: BMW , electric vehicles , Fiat , Ford , General Motors , plug-in , Toyota , Volkswagen You might also like: 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More The Chinese BYD F3DM, First Mass Produced Electric Car, Fails with Consumers GM Ditches Volt for Geo Metro Hybrid? is a Green Options Media Production.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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My Web Technorati Windows Live Blogmarks Propeller Mixx E-mail It To Addresses (up to 3): Your Name: Your Address: Tags: evdriven. The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years. is a Green Options Media Production.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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The Open Environment and How It Changed PARC started with a small nucleus—perhaps fewer than 20 people. This policy of building working systems is not the only way of doing research; Mitchell recalled that it was a bone of contention at PARC. and is currently manager of programming environments at Sun Microsystems in Mountain View. “Or

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Based in Watertown, Massachusetts, A123Systems has announced plans for a Michigan-based production facility. ENVI A symbol that represents the first four letters of environment is Chrysler LLCs entrepreneurial in-house organization focused on electric-drive production vehicles and related advanced technologies. Follow us on Twitter!

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