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Mercedes wins top green awards for its commercial vehicles

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Mercedes-Benz has been recognised for its role in reducing emissions from commercial vehicles. The firm’s commercial vehicle arm picked up two awards for its development of alternative fuel technology, from leading Irish specialist publication ‘Fleet Transport Magazine’.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Active Noise Control technologies are part of a steady stream of ground-breaking innovations that Lotus has brought to the automotive industry and we are committed to pursuing further developments in vehicle refinement and environmentally friendly transport solutions." You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Follow us on Twitter!

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Thankfully, since parts of the powertrain in the Circuit are also used in other Chrysler ENVI vehicles - like the all-electric USPS minivan that was unveiled earlier today - work that is done on one model can be applied to others. An (expected) high price tag. Are the parts from either FCVs or EVs recyclable? Small size.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Postal Service (USPS) as part of the USPS Earth Day celebration. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use or tags. Motor Trend Magazine has extensive coverage of all cars online including road tests, free videos, buying guides, etc. Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. That… may take some doing on GMs part. With this price I can buy a nice used C200 class Mercedes and still have money to afford Gas……uuuuuugh. April 18, 2009 5:03 pm Link Does NYT’s own part stock in soon to be defunk GM ?

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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