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Hertz introduces CNG vehicle rentals in US; Civics and Yukons

Green Car Congress

The Hertz Corporation is introducing compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to its fleet in the US. Hertz will begin renting eight CNG Honda Civics and two CNG GMC Yukons at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City early next month. Oklahoma City is serving as a pilot program for Hertz’s CNG airport rentals program.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

Green Car Congress

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure. Total DOE award: $14,999,658. Total DOE award: $14,997,240.

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Nine EVs that lease for under $400/month: Ioniq 5, Solterra, Niro, Ioniq 6, more

Baua Electric

Either way, the VF8 could save thousands of dollars over leasing any other all-wheel-drive crossover, gas or electric. Case in point – Winn VW in the Los Angeles area has an ID.4 If a three-year commitment is too risky, Vinfast’s online payment estimator says that a 24-month, zero-down lease is priced at just $299/month.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. High Efficiency Power-to-Gas in a Modular Hybrid Electrobioreactor, $1,000,000. Nu:Ionic (Tulsa, Oklahoma). Alumina Energy, LLC (Los Angeles, California).

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. Additionally, other local governments and state agencies are joining the coalition. but it has grown far beyond this point.

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America’s lithium laws fail to keep pace with rapid development – ET Auto

Baua Electric

REGULATORY RISKS In Oklahoma, which has several brine deposits, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission – which oversees oil and gas development – said it has no jurisdiction over lithium production and royalties, and referred comment to the state’s Department of Mines, which said it also does not oversee lithium. .”

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Your Greenius Earth Day Reality Check: Waiting For The Magic Bullet

Creative Greenius

What you cannot do is have an ounce of impact on the coal, gas or oil industries and get them to stop pumping obscene amounts of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere or get them to stop lying about the consequences of their actions. . So what am I doing today for Earth Day 2012? La Di Da. . La Di Da.