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Profiling purchases of clean vehicles in California by rebates; PHEVs surge

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The non-profit California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) offers interactive access to data and analyses of information culled from the state’s Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP), funded by the California Air Resources Board. Of those, ZEVs account for 7,404 (52%) and PHEVs for 6,542 (46%). CVRP rebates by month, all owner types.

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Honda announces second plug-in vehicle testing program; Japan joins US, China may follow

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announced its second Electric Vehicle Testing Program, this one with Saitama Prefecture for its next-generation personal mobility products, including electric vehicles (EVs); plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs); electric scooters; and electric carts. The Saitama program will focus on motorcycles, automobiles and power products.

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DOE to Award Up to $2.4B for Advanced Batteries, Electric Drive Components, and Electric Drive Vehicle Demonstration/Deployment Projects

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two competitive solicitations that will provide up to a combined $2.4 For purposes of production volume estimation each PHEV battery must be capable of delivering at least 5 kWh of available energy (total production of 100,000 to 500,000 kWh). Transportation Sector Electrification.

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

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Demonstration Project to Validate Crash Model For Carbon Fiber Composites to Enable Production-Feasible Composites in Primary-Structural Automotive Crash and Energy Management Applications. AOI 3: Demonstration Project for a Multi-Material Light-Weight Prototype Vehicle as part of the Clean Energy Dialogue with Canada.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Alternatively, may we suggest the sound of the neighborhood ice cream truck? Nonetheless, I do agree that it wastes of energy, reduces range and should NOT be mandatory. We always seem to hear that one coming from a mile away. a cyclist is much quieter, and these cars do have horns still for people what step out in front.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In addition to the USPS, ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) will participate in the test program. Chrysler LLC, in conjunction with the USPS and select energy service providers, also announced that the company intends to apply for the U.S. Postal Service for mail delivery. "We

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The three leading new options to re-supply our autos with energy are charging at home, battery swap stations and fast charge stations. Well take a look at these three different energy resupply methods and outline some of their strengths as well as weaknesses. The main benefit associated with the swapping model is speed.