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Reva EVs to Be Built in New York State

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Headquartered in New York, Bannon was founded to design, build and manufacture an affordable plug-in electric vehicle for the North American automotive market. Tags: Brief. The car can be fully charged in eight hours from a standard outlet or in one-and-a-half hours from a quick-charge station.

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Kia Motors Debuts New Optima at New York Show; Powertrains Aligned with New Sonata

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Kia Motors Corporation unveiled its all-new Optima midsize sedan at the New York International Auto Show. Featuring a new design language for Kia, the new Optima shares the new Theta II-based powertrains featured in the new Hyundai Sonata: a 2.4-liter Tags: Brief. liter hybrid ( earlier post ).

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Obama to grant California waiver Monday

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Obama’s directive to the Environmental Protection Agency to immediately begin work on granting the so-called California waiver, which allows the state, a longtime leader in air quality matters, to set its own standards for automobile emissions. Tags: emissions epa.

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Nissan Announces Dates for US LEAF EV Tour

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Scheduled stops include: Southern California. Northern California. New York City: Feb. Tags: Brief. Los Angeles: Nov. Orange County: Nov. San Diego: Nov. Berkeley/Walnut Creek: Nov. San Francisco: Nov. Santa Rosa: Dec. Sacramento: Dec. San Jose: Dec. Pacific Northwest. .: Raleigh, N.C.: Orlando: Feb.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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The US Environmental Agency (EPA) has granted California’s waiver request enabling the state to enforce its greenhouse gas emissions standards (Pavley I) for new motor vehicles, beginning with the current model year. California requested from EPA the waiver required for implementation of the Pavley regulations in December 2005.

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Clean Energy Capital to develop first commercial-scale sugarcane ethanol plant in US

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Clean Energy Capital LLC , a US private equity firm specializing solely in investments in ethanol, is developing the first major sugarcane ethanol refinery in the continental United States, in the Imperial Valley of California. The ethanol produced there will meet California’s low carbon fuel standard. Tags: Brief.

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Chevrolet to Produce 10,000 Volts in 2011 and 30,000 in 2012; 50-State Availability 12-18 Months After Launch

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DiSalle also confirmed that the first Volts available for retail sales will be sold in California; Washington, D.C.; Austin, Texas; and the New York City metropolitan area later this year. and Philadelphia before arriving in New York City on July 4. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids. Nashville, Tenn.,

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