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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Promote and demonstrate plugā€in electric vehicles through showcases in a variety of venues throughout New England: Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont. Develop fluorine containing carbonate solvents that will allow existing lithium ion batteries to operating above 4.5 Plug In America. Description. Description.

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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

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kWh Li-ion pack enabling an electric range of up to 15 miles (24 km) at speeds of up to 62 mph (100 km/h), according to Toyota. The Li-ion pack is almost half the weight of the earlier pack, and so much more compact that the dimensions of the plug-in Prius are the same as those of the iconic liftback—i.e.,

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