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Can green cars solve automotive crisis? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

It seems a spark is needed to get us back to the showrooms – so are the leading manufacturers right to put their faith in green cars? However, the company’s bright spark remains its green efforts. Honda too has pinned its recovery hopes on green cars, pushing both hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell technology. Averting a slump.

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Deutsche Bank Forecast sees slower transportation electrification and greater gasoline demand near-term; increased confidence in the pace and breadth of long-term shift to efficient transportation systems

Green Car Congress

Deutsche Bank’s China Auto analyst, Vincent Ha, continues to see robust light vehicle sales over the next few years, with a slow to about 11% YoY growth in 2011 (due to a high base from the 2010 surge, and reductions in government stimulus), followed by sustainable low double digit growth in 2012. He also believes that sub-1.6L

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

Green Cars News

Though the scheme proved so popular that the initial $1billion set aside for it ran out last month, auto sales only rose by 2.4 According to Knittel the results suggest that the programme is an expensive way to reduce carbon, although he does state that it is possible the stimulus benefits outweigh added environmental costs.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

I write a column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. In addition to the California funds there is federal stimulus money, $41 million by mid-April, being doled out to their projects, many of zero environmental benefit. Here's my June column. The trajectory remains clear, and the pace has quickened.

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Thursday - 1 October 2009. Reporting Out on the Tour de AZ; "Spirit of DC" Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle All Around ARIZONA -- a new PHEV3A

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Florence, Pinal Cty My request is to line up with appropriate AAA persons handling for those in charge of growing Arizona counties green and clean, sustainable and electric, inside and outside of government in order in order to coordinate liaison. Financial assistance is most welcomed as well. CALCars News not copied].

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

“The Toyota Prius took over five years to reach break-even and has gone on to be a wild success.&# Bob Lutz’s Latest Volt Test Drive Sprinting for Green Stimulus Dollars New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You G.M. and Chrysler. .&# and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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