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Ford Starts EV Test Drives

Revenge of the Electric Car

The company is already trying out battery-powered vehicles in London, Meier said. Local utility RheinEnergie AG will supply vehicle-charging stations for the test, which is being financed by the German government’s economic-stimulus package, Dudenhoeffer said. Ford, the first U.S. automaker to offer a hybrid model, said on Dec.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

Green Car Congress

Other than the good news on oil consumption, very little was said in regards to transportation fuels. Renewables account for approximately 10-15% of the global energy infrastructure investment and according to New Energy Finance renewables have been hit hard by the global recession with a 47% in Q1 2009 vs. Q1 2008 ($13.3

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A New Wildfire Watchdog

Cars That Think

And then, with transmission complete and the triggering stimulus gone, the system would shut down and return to a sleep or fully powered-off state. In its most common form, it uses an incoming stimulus, at some minimum threshold value, to move and close a mechanical switch, which in turn activates an electronic circuit.

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Congestion charge fund should be spent on public transport

Green Cars News

In the recent fiscal stimulus 18 times more was spent on the VAT cut, than on bringing forward transport investment projects, which create jobs, boost the UK’s economic competitiveness and cut congestion. While over 70 per cent of commuters in England’s six largest urban areas outside London still travel to work by car.

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Honda May Develop Plug-In as Obama Alters U.S. Policy (Update2) - Bloomberg.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So far, President Barack Obama has announced no new federaleffort to promote the fuel, and federal funding for hydrogen fortransportation use in the 2009 budget dropped to $177.7 Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

they have a degree of autonomy beyond the reach of federal government and can often make tough decisions: for example, California’s climate goals and London’s congestion charging. “It’s a very new way of doing things,&# said Gerard Magnin of Energie-Cites, a group of green local authorities. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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