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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., Back to top Spectrum reported about a push in Europe and some U.S.

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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

A new report from MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change suggests that a tax on carbon emissions could help raise the money needed to reduce the US deficit, while improving the economy, lowering other taxes and reducing emissions. They found that the tax would raise $1.5

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