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Oklahoma Teen Allegedly Defrauded a Car Dealership Out of Almost $100,000

The Truth About Cars

An Oklahoma teen recently flipped the script on that narrative and is accused of defrauding an Oklahoma City dealer out of almost $100,000. & & [Image: University of College via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Hertz introduces CNG vehicle rentals in US; Civics and Yukons

Green Car Congress

Hertz will begin renting eight CNG Honda Civics and two CNG GMC Yukons at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City early next month. Oklahoma City is serving as a pilot program for Hertz’s CNG airport rentals program. —Mark P. Frissora, Hertz Chairman and CEO.

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DOE Awards Up to $6.9M to Nine Projects for Shale Gas and Coalbed Methane Production

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West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. Ground Water Protection Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Okla. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. DOE share: $799,897; recipient share: $199,976; duration 18 months).

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DOE awards ~$25M to 8 projects for CO2 capture and compression; $15M for novel Direct Fuel Cell system

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Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois will capture approximately 500 tonnes per day of CO 2 with a 90% capture rate from existing coal-fired boilers at the Abbott Power Plant on the campus of the University of Illinois using Linde/BASF’s cost-effective, energy-efficient, compact amine-based advanced CO 2 capture absorption system.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

It would also: Provide funds to Minnesota State University – Mankato to convert two conventional hybrids to plug-ins, Establish a task force to assess barriers to plug-in hybrids and to consider possible financial incentives to encourage Ford Motor Company to produce flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles at its St.

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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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Fleets include transportation authorities, cities, school districts, the University of Michigan, FedEx, and Meijer. Utah Clean Cities Coalition’s Clean Cities Transportation Sector Petroleum Reduction Technologies Program. Total DOE award: $14,970,144. The vehicles will be deployed across the state.

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"Spirit" Is At PluginSupply. in Preparation for Launching the Sun Belt Grand Finale from SF Bay Area to Washington, DC on Saturday, 31 Jan 09

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

In addition to yet-to-be-visited EAA Sister Chapters in California and Arizona, the "Spirit's" final months will complete the last eight of 48 State Capitals: Santa Fe, NM; Oklahoma City, OK; Austin, TX; Baton Rouge, Louisana: Jackson, MS; Little Rock, AR; Nashville, TN; and Montgomery, AL.