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Fisker reports more than $100M in revenue Jan-Apr 2012; more than $1B in funding since 2007

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Al-Futtaim and its network of experienced retailers will allow Fisker to reach customers in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, and Egypt. hp (150 kW) liquid-cooled AC permanent magnet synchronous motors, for a total range of 300 miles (483 km). In Stealth mode, the Karma can accelerate from zero to 60 mph in 7.9

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BNEF: Oil price plunge to have only moderate impact on low-carbon electricity development, but likely to slow EV growth

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With oil at $100/barrel, the replacement of these generators or their hybridization with renewables was just beginning to take off. There could be a question mark over Saudi Arabia’s plan, announced in 2012, to invest $109bn in 41GW of solar power by 2032. The US economy has grown by 8.9%

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Exclusive Greenius Coverage of Today’s Clean Tech Roundtable

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He went on to say that China has stepped up their auto requirements from 37 miles per gallon to 42 miles per gallon – compared to our own new CAFE standards of 25 miles per gallon to 39 miles per gallon. Recycling – Simply put, the United State is the Saudi Arabia of garbage.

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PHEV's and Water Consumption

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Water Supply, Researcher Says By Jennifer Bogo Popular Mechanics March 7, 2008 "A 30-mile commute in a gasoline-powered car would require the withdrawal of 18.9 The same commute in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), meanwhile, would take a whopping 318 gallons. Or in Saudi Arabia where they use massive water flooding?

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Energizing America

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As a practical matter that means enriching with wealth transfers those who are the principal financiers of Islamofascist terror — notably, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Increasingly, American consumers are looking to hybrid vehicles to reduce their transportation operating costs.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Alternative technologies, such as hybrid and electric vehicles that use oil more efficiently or not at all, continue to advance but they take time to penetrate markets. But vehicle-miles travelled usually tend to rebound as consumers become accustomed to the new level of price or as the economy recovers. billion in 2035.

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The right way to get oil-rich West Asia to pressure electrical vehicles? Chinese language EV makers contemplate

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Around the six Gulf states, together with oil majors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, electrical vehicles account for simply 0.4% is making plans to starting a minimum of two pristine hybrids or EVs, time Xpeng Inc. Chinese brands made up 16% of the 616,500 new vehicles sold in Saudi Arabia last year.