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Tesla Motors pays off Department of Energy advanced technology loan
Upstart electric car maker Tesla Motors on Wednesday paid off a Department Energy loan that had become a political hot potato. Tesla owed the federal government $451.8 million on a loan that was part of a special program to develop alternative fuel...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Mitt Romney, Manufacturing and Engineering, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Media Industry
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Solar plane completes second leg of cross-country flight in Texas
ReutersDALLAS, May 23 (Reuters) - A solar airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the globe landed safely on Thursday in Texas, completing the second and longest leg of an attempt to fly across the United States powered only by the sun. The...Tags: Washington, DC, Kennedy Airport, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Why I Drive the 2013 Honda Civic Like a Hybrid
KickingTiresOur long-term Honda Civic has only been in our fleet for a few months, but I've already racked up several weeks' worth of drive time in it. Besides the fact that it is a very capable commute car with a......Tags: Honda, Subaru, Hyundai, Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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GM Chevy Spark electric car's price 38 pct less than sibling hybrid Volt's
ReutersDETROIT, May 23 (Reuters) - The Chevrolet Spark all-electric subcompact car will cost U.S. buyers as much as 38 percent less than what it takes to buy its larger sibling, the hybrid Volt, General Motors Co said on Thursday. The 2014 Spark EV, which...Tags: Taxation, Manufacturing and Engineering, Prius, Toyota Motor Corp., Passenger Cars
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AAA: Fear of Unknown Fuels Aversion to EVs
KickingTiresIf U.S. car shoppers were more informed about the capabilities and advantages of electric vehicles, they'd be more inclined to buy one, according to AAA. Despite technological advancements and thousands of available charging stations that make EVs far...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Minor League Baseball, AAA, Vehicles, Passenger Cars
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Assembly OKs clean vehicle carpool-lane access to 2020; Senate next
A bill to extend carpool-lane access for electric cars and other zero-emission vehicles passed the California Assembly by a wide margin Monday. The legislation, AB 266 written by Robert Blumenfield (D-Woodland Hills), also gives such vehicles access...
Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Services and Shopping, Media Industry, Vehicles, Passenger Cars
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Hyundai Plans Tucson Fuel-Cell for 2015
KickingTiresAutomakers have been making and breaking fuel-cell vehicle promises for years, and now Hyundai is jumping into the fray with the Tucson Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicle. The automaker is joining the Energy Department, gas suppliers, hydrogen and fuel-cell...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Petroleum Industry, Ford, Passenger Cars, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-Honda says small jet's U.S. certification delayed by a year
Reuters(Corrects final paragraph to show Honda has not decided on lithium-ion battery) TOKYO, May 21 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd's small passenger jet will not be licensed to fly by authorities in the United States until the second half of 2014, a year...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Honda Motor Co., Boeing Co., Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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Report: BMW-Toyota sports car heading towards Tokyo debut
Autoblog.comFiled under: Performance, BMW, Toyota Earlier this year, BMW and Toyota confirmed a four-part joint venture mostly focusing on increasing improving vehicle efficiency using fuel cells, lightweight materials and better battery technology. Also tucked... -
Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
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Tesla Motors may repay U.S. loan by Wednesday - CEO
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc may repay its U.S. Department of Energy loan as early as Wednesday, Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a message on Twitter on Monday. Musk, a billionaire who owns 27.5 percent of Tesla, added that the company would...Tags: Science and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy, Elon Musk, Tesla Motors, Inc., Fuel-efficient Vehicles
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RPT-INSIGHT-The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill
ReutersBy Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Reuters) - In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by...Tags: Lufkin Industries Incorporated, U.S. Congress, Manufacturing and Engineering, Nissan Motor Co., Disasters and Accidents
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