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

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Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. Drive Oregon. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy. The Department of the Army is contributing an additional $2.2

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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

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With lower exhaust heat, heat efficiency was enhanced, and consequently, fuel efficiency was enhanced as well. The launch states include California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia. Vehicle deliveries begin in Spring 2012.

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Why NPR Hates Electric Cars - A Greenius Expose

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And in the biggest mysterious coverup of all, Frank went radio silent on how necessary the switch to electric cars is to start cutting the deadly CO2 emissions that gasoline powered cars produce with every mile they drive. After my exhaustive investigation I now have the answers and they’re both simple and horrifying.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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First, the industry is approaching the ethanol-to-gasoline blend wall of 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline in standard gas engines. Second, a Congressional Budget Office study issued in April said even with subsidies ethanol is only profitable when a gallon of gasoline costs 70% or more than a bushel of corn, i.e, Earlier post.).

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Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

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It is this concept of optimal packaging of the drivetrain components that made the i the logical choice when Mitsubishi decided to make a 100% electric-powered vehicle as it was relatively easy for engineers to swap the gasoline engine for an electric motor and stow the lithium-ion battery pack beneath the sub-floor. i-MiEV, Japan-spec.

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