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Motiv Power Systems to power 13 electric school buses in California pilot

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million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will support the building of 13 battery-electric school buses as part of the Sacramento Regional Zero-Emission School Bus Deployment Project. Motiv’s powertrain replaces the diesel or gasoline engine on a standard chassis.

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$200,000 Google.org Grant to CalCars

Plugs and Cars

Calcars.org has received a $200,000 grant to continue its advocacy of plug-in hybrid vehicles. It is largely thanks to Felix that hybrid owners now desire something more than a gasoline-dependent car. Founder Felix Kramer has been dogged and successful in pushing plug-ins into the national and international media.

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Google Ogles Plug Ins

Plug In Partners

Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual By KATIE HAFNER New York Times Published: September 14, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13 — The ambitious founders of Google , the popular search engine company, have set up a philanthropy, giving it seed money of about $1 billion and a mandate to tackle poverty, disease and global warming.

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New BMW 3 Series includes a new 4-cylinder TwinPower Turbo, 8-speed automatic and start-stop; ActiveHybrid 3 model in 2012

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A choice of four BMW TwinPower Turbo technology engines will be available for the new BMW 3 Series Sedan from launch, including two optimized diesel engines and, on the gasoline side, the familiar six-cylinder unit and a new-generation four-cylinder engine in the 328i offering substantially reduced fuel consumption and emissions.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Grant Davis is a Managing Director at New York Life Investments.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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Demand for lithium—the hottest commodity on the planet and the only commodity to show positive price movement in 2015—is poised to continue on its upward trajectory, becoming the world’s new gasoline and earning the moniker of “White Petroleum”. Within the Lithium Triangle, it’s all about Argentina right now.

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