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Get a Free Electric Car from Drive Electric

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Oklahoma-based, Drive Electric, sells neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs - a.k.a. A headline like the one above begs the question, "What's the catch?" Can you really get an electric car for free? Well, kinda. electric golf carts) made by Western Golf Cars and Zone Electric.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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New vehicles to be deployed include 55 CNG vehicles, 363 propane vehicles, 89 hybrid electric vehicles, and 56 neighborhood electric vehicles. Louis, San Antonio/Austin, and Oklahoma City as well as a refueling corridor along I-10 in Louisiana (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles). Total DOE award: $12,975,388.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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South Central Corridor (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Little Rock). Joint 2006 study by the Center for Clean Air Policy and Center for Neighborhood Technology. Pacific Northwest Corridor (Eugene, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver BC). Chicago Hub Network( Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St.

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Eagle Picher, in partnership with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will develop a new generation of high energy, low cost planar liquid sodium beta batteries for grid scale electrical power storage applications. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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