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

Green Car Congress

Structurally and Electrochemically Stabilized Silicon-rich Anodes for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications. Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Gas Technology Institute. 737,555.

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Tesla Model S matches gas cars by going 320 miles at average speeds of 75 mph

Teslarati

The Tesla Model S reached a range on par with internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles after logging 320 miles of range at 75mph during a highway fuel-economy test run. The range of the Model S Long Range Plus is comparable to the Mustang Shelby GT500, which has a 16-gallon fuel tank and the Jeep Renegade, which has a 12.7-gallon

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Feature: Muscle Cars Are Speeding into the Future

Clean Fleet Report

Classics Continue But New Kinds of Electric Muscle Are Hitting the Highway. They are known for power and sleekness, but can guzzle gallons of gas. And the new Mustang Mach-E EV outsold its internal combustion namesake during several months of the past year. The Mach-E GT is an all-electric crossover SUV. Dodge Challenger.

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Concept: AET Reaches Final Development Stage of OX2 Barrel Engine

Green Car Congress

The engine can be adapted to run any combustible gas or liquid as fuel. Advanced Engine Technologies was incorporated in 1996 to commercialize the OX2, with automotive racing pioneer Carroll Shelby on its Board of Directors and involved in the engine development. However, the near term focus remains electrical generator applications.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. Focusing on all-electric, Nissan-Renault partnership with Better Place for EVs.

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