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HK Motors, American Public Gas Association and NGVAmerica to Collaborate to Promote Natural Gas Hybrids

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Start-up HK Motors plans to begin producing a family of light-duty natural gas hybrid-electric passenger vehicles at its plant in Alabama beginning in 2013. Natural gas hybrids will use similar electric-drive technology to gasoline-powered hybrid vehicles available today, only natural gas will be the power source rather than gasoline.

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Honda announces next steps in preparation for EV production in US

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This EV Hub will play a key role in developing the company’s knowledge and expertise in EV production that will be shared across Honda’s entire North American auto production network in the coming years, even as many Honda plants continue production of gasoline-powered vehicles.

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Daimler/Renault-Nissan collaboration expanding

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The two CEOs cited the joint production of Mercedes-Benz four-cylinder gasoline engines in Decherd (Tennessee, USA) as a good example of how the partners profit from the cooperation. tons) is supplied to Nissan and the Nissan Atlas F24 light-duty truck (payload 1.5 tons) is supplied to Mitsubishi Fuso.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Montgomery Area Transit System, Alabama: $2,675,000. Includes replacement of lighting fixtures, control systems, and roof upgrades at selected facilities. Ultra-light Zero Emissions Buses: Replaces two of Flint MTA diesel buses with advanced all-electric Zero-Emissions GTB-40 buses from Fisher Coachworks.

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UPS adding 200 more series hybrid delivery trucks

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Equipped with lithium ion batteries and a range-extender engine, these trucks will deliver significant fuel economy equivalency gains, approximately four times the fuel economy of a gasoline powered vehicle. A cloud-based, real time telematics performance monitoring system provides feedback for energy monitoring and route efficiency.

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New 7th-generation Hyundai Sonata updates design, tweaks powertrain

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Hyundai introduced the Theta II GDI, its first Gasoline Direct Injection engine, in 2009. Drivers are first alerted of a vehicle in the blind spot by warning lights in the side mirrors. The new 2015 Hyundai Sonata will be built at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant in Montgomery, Ala. Theta II GDI. Earlier post.)

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. University of Alabama. Utility Managed Smart Charging for Consumer and Grid Benefits. General Motors LLC. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach.