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May 17, 2013

Pikes Peak electric racing heating up with two entries from Mitsubishi

The 2013 Pikes Peak Hill Climb, which already had several high profile electric car and motorcycle entries, has two more with an entry by Mitsubishi of two electric race cars. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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May 17, 2013

Green Car Congress: DOE launches H2USA public-private partnership to deploy hydrogen infrastructure for transportation

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched H2USA—a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for US consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Pinboard (MacAaron)

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May 16, 2013

Tesla’s $850 million stock offering to help company pay off Dept of Energy loans

A new offering from Tesla Motors of a $ 850 million package of common stock and convertible senior notes will be used to completely prefund payoff of the Dept. of Energy loans, as well as general corporate purposes. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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May 16, 2013

Green Car Congress: Toyota tweaks Auris Hybrid for lower CO2 emissions

Toyota has upgraded the Auris Hybrid to reduce its CO2 emissions to 84 g/km, down from the current 87 g/km. Refinements include vehicle tuning and adopting various aerodynamic improvements such as new aero-stabilizing fins. These measures combine to improve the overall energy efficiency without negatively impacting vehicle performance. Pinboard (MacAaron)

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May 16, 2013

US Dept. of Energy exploring Methane Hydrate resources in Gulf of Mexico, Alaska and elsewhere

The U.S. Government is supporting research into developing Methane Hydrate “resources”.  A month ago I reported on a joint project between the Dept. of Energy and the State of Alaska to develop methane hydrate resources in Alaska’s North Slope, as well as tar sands deposits in that area.  Today there is a press release from …
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May 15, 2013

2014 Cadillac ELR – the Volt goes upscale

While the Chevrolet Volt is billed as a luxury vehicle, General Motors luxury arm, Cadillac, has not had anything in the Voltec family. That’s about to change as the much-anticipated Converj concept becomes the Cadillac ELR and finally goes to production for the 2014 model year as a two-door luxury sport coupe version of the …
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