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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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Johnson Controls Sees Hybrid Unit Profit in 5 Years

Auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc’s  hybrid battery business will be profitable within five years as the new technology gains scale, the head of that unit said on Tuesday.
The president of Johnson Controls’ Power Solutions division, Alex Molinaroli, told the Reuters Global Environment Summit that the company’s profit projection assumes that hybrid electric cars will [...]

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Can Toyota Maintain Lead on Hybrids?

Ever since Toyota launched its Prius gas-electric hybrid in the United States in 2000, Toyota has been king of the hybrid hill, but in the coming years that position will be challenged like never before as other automakers introduce a slew of new vehicles with electric motors.
Over the next four years, seven automakers plan to [...]

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Cities Tap Hybrid Buses for Power For Emergency Power

The reinforced levees held, battle-worn residents evacuated, and Hurricane Gustav faded over the Gulf Coast this Labor Day weekend with just one glaring lesson of Katrina left unfulfilled: Storm survivors need more emergency power.
In a stroke of good timing by city planners and bus manufacturers as approximately 1 millions homes and business fought to recover [...]

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Johnson Controls-Saft Wins U.S. Grant To Research Plug-In Hybrids (PHEV)

Johnson Controls-Saft will research the commercial viability of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles under an $8.2 million federal grant announced Tuesday.
The grant will be used on research beyond the battery itself as the Glendale-based hybrid joint venture works to develop a battery that can be suitable for mass production of plug-in hybrids, called PHEVs.
“We are working [...]

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