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DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

Green Car Congress

President Barack Obama announced the availability of the funding during a visit to Southern California Edison’s Electric Vehicle Center today. The classes of vehicles that are covered range from light duty passenger vehicles to medium and heavy duty over-the-road trucks.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. is 50 mph and its nominal range is 50 miles; it retails for about $12,000. Myers’s NmG—or no more gas—is a three-wheel, one-seat vehicle that can travel up to 75 mph and as far as 50 miles in its lithium-battery model. roads by 2015?

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