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Automakers Warn Against Using Hybrids as Taxicabs

Two of the world’s largest automakers, Toyota and Honda, have issued outright warnings against using their hybrid passenger vehicles as commercial taxicabs. In addition, Ford Motor Company, General Motors and Nissan, have refused to certify the crashworthiness of their hybrid New York City taxicabs as modified with mandatory partitions. Instead, the automakers shift that responsibility [...]

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Ford Receives $10 Million Hybrid Grant

Money continues to be poured into the development of green cars stateside as the US Department of Energy has awarded the Ford Motor Company a $10 million grant for research, development and demonstration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).
In an effort to claw back ground on Asian manufacturers that have stolen a march on American [...]

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Ford Gets $10M Federal Grant for Plug-In Hybrids (PHEV)

Ford Motor Co. will receive a $10 million grant from the U.S. Energy Department to develop plug-in hybrid vehicles and take more steps toward commercialization.
The funding being announced Tuesday will help the automaker continue to work on its demonstration fleet of 20 plug-in hybrid vehicles with a group of utilities. Under the grant, the Energy [...]

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Pro-Hybrid Truck Bill Passes in US

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would encourage the development of hybrid heavy-duty trucks.
H.R. 6323, the Heavy Hybrid Truck Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2008, was introduced by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.). It encourages hybrid research for trucks by offering manufacturers grants to build, test, and eventually sell hybrid [...]

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Tesla to Build the “Model S” Electric Sedan in San Jose

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed must be happy. Tesla plans to announce Wednesday morning that it has decided to build its Model S electric sedan in a 600,000-square-foot plant in San Jose, Calif., on an 89-acre plot of land that will also include new company headquarters. The company says construction on the plant will begin [...]

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