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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

Cars That Think

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. So when I went to MIT to do my Ph.D., I and Nestor Sepulveda , who was also a Ph.D.

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GM taps LG for Volt Battery

Revenge of the Electric Car

MIT spinoff A123 was a personal favorite, also Germany’s Continental was in the running, but it was LG Chem subsidiary and Detroit based Compact Power, Inc. Lots going on with batteries now, as John O’Dell’s piece below illustrates. that got the nod. John O’Dell, Senior Editor - October 23, 2008, 12:58 PM.

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MIT study suggests carbon tax could help reduce US deficit, lower other taxes, reduce emissions

Green Car Congress

The second win—these cuts in income taxes would spur the economy, encouraging more private spending and hence more employment and investment. The analysis used the MIT US Regional Energy Policy (USREP) model to evaluate the effect of a carbon tax as part of a Federal budget deal. —Rausch and Reilly (2012).

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