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Posts Tagged ‘department of energy’

Daimler Takes Stake In Tesla

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, has taken a 10% stake in the electric vehicle start-up company Tesla Motors.  The deal is a win-win not only for cunsumers, but also for both companies.  Daimler will receive access to Tesla’s technical expertise in the design and production of electric vehicles.  Tesla already has their Roadster electric [...]

Hybrid Hummer Gets 100 MPG

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

That headline is not an error.  Utah-based Raser Technologies has taken a Hummer H3, a vehicle that has been used as a symbol for everything that is wrong with gas-guzzling automobiles, and turned it into an electric-drive vehicle that can go for 40 miles purely on electricity, and average 100 mpg.  A Prius can’t even [...]

What's The Bright Idea? A 100 MPG Hybrid Van, That's What

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

A lot of the hybrids on the market today are aimed at the average civilian driver.  This is all well and good, but fleet vehicles, those used by large companies and delivery services, have been left out in the cold.  That’s where Bright Automitive comes in.  Their new hybrid van, the Idea, is aimed squarely [...]


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