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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

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It is designed for on-road service trucks to provide a quick charge to stranded battery electric vehicles similar to an “out-of-gas” situation. RE-Gen LLC will receive a $903,480 credit to support building a factory to produce Biomass Gasification Furnaces with a capacity of 250 systems/year. Aerovironment, Inc.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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That was always the tradeoff with prior green efforts. Virtually all major vehicle manufacturers and several start-up companies are offering—or are planning to offer soon—a PEV for sale in the US market. early technology adopters and relatively affluent urban consumers interested in a “green” commuter car).

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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e-Golf customers can drive the vehicle confidently, knowing Volkswagen is addressing the vehicle’s environmental impacts through many stages of its lifecycle from production, distribution and charging. These stands developed from the heavy harvests of the 1950 and 1960s, and have been since re-entered after 1988. Click to enlarge.

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Think to resume electric car production

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It is an important day for Think, and we would like to thank our creditors and suppliers for their continued support, and to show our appreciation to Think’s very patient and loyal customers – this means we can re-start production of the TH!NK It can travel for 180 km (112 miles) in city driving on a fully charged battery.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

A distance of 923 km using DC fast charging infrastructure. I wasn't feeling too hungry, so I continued sitting in the car and munching on the greens that I had purchased during the morning ride. We then went on to do a slow charge upto 100%. There was a power outage at 2145 hrs and the charging stopped.

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NRC report finds Federal analysis to set LD CAFE and GHG standards generally of high quality; some technologies and issues should be re-examined

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However, the report authors found, the agencies should re-examine certain issues such as consumer behavior and the effectiveness of certain technologies in an upcoming mid-term review. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require that vehicles offered for sale in the US attain an average fuel economy of 40.3 mpg by 2025.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. We saw Toyota getting highly beneficial rub-off from their Prius success, which permitted them to cloak themselves in the mantle of total greenness," says Lutz.

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