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ALTe To Unveil Prototype Range Extended Electric Powertrain for Retrofits at Work Truck Show

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Held in conjunction with the 46 th Annual NTEA convention in St. Louis, MO, the event will run from 9-12 March 2010. gasoline V8 for the Ford F-150, the system can be applied to several vehicle types running a variety of fuels. Though the prototype displays our technology as the powertrain system replacing a 4.6L

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Ford Motor Company. Louis Vehicle Electrification Rides for Seniors (SiLVERS). WestSmart EV@Scale: Western Smart Plug-in Regional Partnership for Electric Vehicle (EV) Adoption and Infrastructure at Scale. New Two-Cylinder Prototype Demonstration and Concept Design of a Next Generation Class 3-6 Opposed Piston Engine.

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Yes, Automakers Stand To Benefit From Installing Public EV Charging Stations

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million plug-in electric vehicles on U.S. In Europe, BMW, Ford, Volkswagen and Daimler are even working together to build a network of 400 fast-charging stations. Luke Daugherty is a freelance writer, editor and former operations manager based in St. That translates to a 12-fold increase in charging demand over the next decade.

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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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400 million in grants to purchase thousands of plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles for test demonstrations in several dozen locations; to deploy them and evaluate their performance; to install electric charging infrastructure; and to provide education and workforce training to support the transition to advanced electric transportation systems.

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ARPA-E awards $43M to 19 energy storage projects to advance electric vehicle and grid technologies

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These innovations are intended to help reduce costs and improve the performance of next generation storage technologies, which could be applied in both plug-in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles. Ford Motor Company. Ford Motor Company and Arbin Instruments will develop a. Washington University in St. Lead organization.