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

Green Car Congress

Development of a Low-cost and Hardware Friendly Instantaneous Waveform Measurement Technology for Distribution System, $1,000,000. Seattle, Washington). Cyrqenergy (Seattle, Washington). Development of Rechargeable Energy Dense Long Cycle-life Zinc/Copper Oxide Batteries, $250,000. Sparkz (Knoxville, Tennessee).

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. Detroit Free Press ).

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