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Small car sales give Chevy its best year ever! (in England)

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:04:00 +0000

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Small car sales give Chevy its best year ever! (in England)

France to fund research for electronic tolls, er, to fight congestion at toll booths

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:17:00 +0000

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Etc. , European Union If you happen to drive on toll road with some regularity, you’ve probably noticed that the electronic payment systems that allow drivers to pass through without stopping to insert a card or cash are becoming more common.

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Who wins federal dollars race? Ethanol does, by a long shot

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:29:00 +0000

Filed under: Ethanol , Legislation and Policy , USA Undeterred by the fact that ethanol is the worst type or alternative energy , the federal government is in love with corn ethanol, perhaps a bit too much. Over the years, the American farm lobby has worked and worked to get subsidies for corn growers and, more recently, ethanol producers. The result, as calculated the Environmental Working Group in a new report, is that ethanol (including made-from-corn biofuel) now receives more than three times as many federal dollars ($3 billion in 2007) than solar, wind, geothermal and other biomass combined

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Automotive X-Prize wants major automakers to join the race

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:43:00 +0000

Filed under: Automotive X-Prize There’s been plenty of interest in the Automotive X-Prize since it launched a couple of years back after the success of the original Ansari X-Prize. Dozens of start-ups and independent inventors have signed up to compete

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