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Oxford University’s Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment issued a report last week entitled “The Future of Mobility Roadmap.” The highlight of this report is that changing weight, length and designs of new vehicles can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. By creating lighter and more aerodynamic vehicles, drivers produce fewer emissions by not placing high strains on gas engines and hybrid systems. These changes in vehicle design would also reduce fuel consumption by allowing drive systems ...

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The United Kingdom’s Committee on Climate Change solicited reports from several consultancies last year to determine the region’s green vehicle future. The Committee on Climate Change received reports from Element Energy and AEA Technology last week that clear up the future of clean vehicles in the UK. The Element Energy report demonstrates the difficult balance between existing EV technology and the tendencies of commuters. The ...

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The Department of Energy is using $777 million from its annual budget and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to invest in alternative energy research through 2013. Secretary Steven Chu officially released the list of 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) that will receive research grants as part of this initiative. The DOE plans to supply funds in full to 16 EFRCs and spread ...


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The U.S. Department of Energy, the Canadian government and General Motors started the EcoCar: The NeXt Challenge competition earlier this year as a challenge to future auto engineers. This competition tasks 17 groups of university students throughout North America with turning the 2009 Saturn VUE into an emissions-neutral, fuel-efficient vehicle. Each group must keep the redesigned VUE as close to the original design and performance level as possible while using common elements like lithium-ion batteries, plug-in platforms and renewable ...

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President Barack Obama continued his efforts to encourage efficient and eco-friendly vehicles in the United States with last week’s announcement on fuel mileage and emissions. Obama announced plans for a minimum miles per gallon (MPG) rating of 35.5 MPG for every car, truck and SUV sold in the United States by 2016. This average rating takes into account a 39 MPG rating for cars and a 30 MPG rating on light-duty trucks and ...

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Shell Oil’s Eco-Marathon has its origins in a “mileage” race in 1939 that was designed to test the fuel mileage of employee vehicles. This simple contest has evolved into an annual event that promotes better gas mileage in conventional and alternative vehicles. The 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas featured 44 teams and 500 students trying to break the current record for traditional vehicles of 2,843 miles per gallon set by Mater Dei High School in 2008. ...

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Representatives from the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize announced their roster of finalists in a press conference on April 7th. The goal of the prize’s 111 participants is to consistently reach 100 miles per gallon on multiple testing grounds. In addition to the $10 million prize for the winning group, the acclaim of creating and demonstrating a fuel-efficient vehicle will turn the winners into celebrities among their peers. The prize organizers have separated the finalists into ...

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The Renault-Nissan Alliance has been busy in the last two years partnering with utilities in Japan, Denmark, France, Monaco and other countries to create an EV infrastructure. Nissan is making inroads into the American market with its recent commitment to an EV rollout in Tucson, Arizona. Nissan is collaborating with ECOtality and the Pima Association of Governments (PAG) to pave the way for electrical vehicles in the region by 2012.

The Pima Association of Governments (PAG) is a non-profit association representing ...

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AT&T announced last week that it will introduce 15,000 CNG and hybrid vehicles into its fleet by 2019. The proposed investment will require $350 million for 8,000 CNG cars and vans and $215 million to replace 7,100 traditional fleet vehicles with hybrids. The $565 million investment represents the largest commitment by an American company to alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles to this point.

The telecommunications giant will add 800 CNG and hybrid vehicles to its fleet in 2009. AT&T’s ...


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Lightning Hybrids is a Colorado-based auto venture that will introduce its first hybrid at April’s Denver Auto Show. The company has only been in operation since 2008 but Lightning Hybrids is anxious to get the word out about its LH4 hybrid sedan. The LH4 and subsequent vehicles by Lightning Hybrids will use a biofuel/hydraulic drivetrain that can produce 240 horsepower. Visitors to the Denver Auto Show will not be able to see the prototype of the LH4 due to the laborious patent review process but you can see a rendering above.

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