The Daily Industry News is provided to fleet professionals and our industry partners. AFVi scans the news daily for the top stories of interest in the world of AFVs and alternative fuel technology.

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8/31/09

• Propane Vehicles Get a Boost, Al Harris, Richmond Biz Sense
• $15m grant positions Clean Energy Coalition as State Leader, Nathan Bomey, AnnArbor.com
• Alternative Fuel Trade Alliance to Receive $1.6 Million From DOE, Sarah Harper, Triple Pundit
• Clunkers Don’t Come Cheap, Editorial, New York Times
• Environmentalists Slow to Adjust in Climate Debate, David Fahrenthold, Washington Post

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8/28/09

• Toyota Will Shut NUMMI in March, Ken Thomas, Modesto Bee
• EPA Awards $20 Million for Clean Diesel Finance Program, Green Car Congress
• VA, MD to Get Propane Fueling Stations, Sarah Krouse, Washington Business Journal
• Chrysler Absent From Buzz on Electric Cars, Greg Gardner, Detroit Free Press
• Hijacked By Climate Change?, Richard Black, BBC

 

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8/27/09

• Clean Cities Recovery Act Awards for Alternative and Advanced Vehicles, Energy.gov
• DOE Launches $1 Million Hydrogen Prize, Autoblog Green
• Biofuels Going Bust But It Gets the Most Subsidies, Jay Yarrow, Business Insider
• Oil’s 150th Anniversary: Whose Happy Birthday?; Gal Luft, Journal of Energy Security
• Cash for Clunkers By The Numbers, Green Car Congress

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8/26/09

• Oil Hits $75, Reminds Car Buyers of Volatility, HybridCARS
• XP Vehicles Hires Lobby Firm for More Visibility in Washington, PR Newswire
• Applicants in DOE Loan Guarantee Competition Turn to Lobbyists, Anne Mulkern, New York Times
• China Pondering Banning Precious Metal Exports, Autobloggreen
• New Vehicles Leave MPG Standard Behind, Wall Street Journal
• How PHEVs and EVs Will Sabotage America’s Growth for Energy Independence, John Petersen, AltEnergyStock

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8/25/09

• Time’s Up for Cash for Clunkers, Jerry Kronenberg, Boston Herald
• Perspectives on the Future of Ethanol, Cattle Network
• New Texas Law Requires State Vehicles to Run on Alternative Fuels, Caroline Calais, Dallas Environmental Policy Examiner
• Good News for Honeywell, Eaton, Nissan, Martek, Enova, Bill Paul, Seeking Alpha
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Seeks Trial on Global Warming, Jim Tankersley, Los Angeles Times
• This Energy Citizen Also Wants a Word, David Hone, Gristmil

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8/24/09

• Fueling Speculation, Erin Ailworth, Boston Globe
• China Beachhead: BYD’s Electric Car and the Clean Energy Future, Keith Johnson, Wall Street Journal
• Honda to Unveil First EV This Fall, Eric Loveday, All Cars Electric
• Cheat Sheet: Biofuel, Haley Paul, Earth911.com
• Financial Crisis Called Off, James Howard Kunstler
• The Show Must Go On, Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
• It’s Too Late to Stop Global Warming, Fred Guterl, Newsweek

 

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8/21/09

• Cash for Clunkers To End Monday Night, For Real This Time, Kate Sheppard, Grist
• GM Stays the Course on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles, HybridCars.com
• Toyota, Hybrid Innovator, Holds Back in Race to go Electric, Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times
• Lawson State Launches Program to Train AFV Mechanics, Jimmy DeButts, Birmingham Business Journal
• Wanting It Both Ways on Energy, Loren Steffy, Houston Chronicle

 

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8/20/09

• What’s Still Killing the Electric Car, Jerry Flint, Forbes
• Georgia Conference Highlights Alternative Fuels, Brad Haire, Southeast Farm Press
• Making Fuel at Home: Waste Wine Primes the Pump, Los Angeles Times
• Oil Industry Manufactures Outrage Over Cap-and-Trade, HybridCars
• ASPO 2009 International Peak Oil Conference, ASPO USA

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8/19/09

• All-Electric Delivery Vehicles Coming in 2010, Vivi Gorman, Green and Save
• California Regulators Fine Fresno for Diesel Fleet, Mercury News
• NAPA Buys First Hybrid Electric School Bus, Green Car Congress
• Ford Studying Techniques to Charge Electric Vehicles, Bill Vlasic, New York Times
• Is Cash for Clunkers Leading the Recovery?, Matthew DeBord, The Big Mone

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8/18/09

• U.S. Needs to Emphasize Clean Transportation, Senator Thomas Carper, Delaware Online
• Eaton Will Share in $45 Million Grant, Joseph Szczesny, Oakland Press
• Charleston Gets First Hydrogen Fueling Station, Rick Steelhammer, Charleston Gazette
• The Great Paradox of China: Green Energy and Black Skies, Christina Larson, Environment 360
• Steven Chu-A Political Scientist, Michael Greenwald, Time Magazine

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8/17/09

• Push Made for More Ethanol Blender Pumps, Robert Pore, The Grand Island Independent
• Dissecting GM’s 230 MPG Volt Rating, Rob Cleveland, Ann Arbor Chronicle
• Oil Group’s ‘Citizen’ Rally Memo Stirs Debate, David Fahrenthold, Washington Post
• Families Not Allowed in “Families for Coal” Group, National Wildlife Federation
• The Energy Electranet, Al Gore, Newsweek

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8/14/09

• Treasury, Energy Today Announce More Than $2 Billion in Energy Tax Credits, R&D
• Honda: No Battery Powered Cars For Us, We'll Use Hydrogen, Blogging Stocks
• Prius and Insight Top Safety Picks, Hybridcars.com
• Not So Sweet-Sugar's Price is Skyrocketing, Daniel Indiviglio, The Atlantic
• Nashville atest City to Install Coulomb Recharging Stations, Green Car Congress

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8/13/09

• Why Clunkers Program Won't Take Some of the Most Polluting Cars, Los Angeles Times
• GM Will Have First Factory Certified B-20 Diesels Next Spring, Sam Abuelsamid, Autoblog Green
• Conference Raises Questions About Standards for Plug-in Cars, Hybridcars.com
• Look To Natural Gas as Solution, T. Boone Pickens, Denver Post
• Peak Oil Notes, Tom Whipple, Energy Bulletin

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8/12/09

• EPA Backs Away from GM Volt Claim of 230 MPG, Autoblog Green
• Has the IEA Dramatically Changed Its Oil Production Forecasts, Kate MacKenzie, Financial Times
• Study Ranks States' Vulnerability to Oil Prices, CNN.com
• A Flash Point for Hydrogen Fuel, Jeremy Moule, Rochester City News
• Oil Lobbyists Use Town Hall Tactics to Defeat Climate Bill, Ian Talley, Wall Street Journal

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8/11/09

• Chevrolet Volt Tops the Chart at 200 MPG, Christopher DeMorrow, Reuters
• China's Green Leap Forward, Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor
• The 21st Century Car Industry and Why Hybrid Retrofits Could Fix It, Felix Kramer, Gas 2.0
• Vinod Khosla on the Future of Lithium-ion Batteries, BusinessWeek
• Growth Energy Roadmap Announced, Farm Futures
  

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8/10/09

• Ethanol Industry Wants US Cars Alternative Fuel Ready, Reuters
• GM Launches Trial of Sales on EBay, Green Car Congress
• Tesla Motors Posts First Profit, Daily Tech
• A Real Bill for the Climate, Editorial, New York Times
• At Last, Less Ship Pollution, Editorial, Long Beach Press-Telegram

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8/7/09

• Congress OKs $2 Billion Clunker Boost, Deb Price, Detroit News
• America’s Most Fuel Efficient Cars, Tara Weingarten, Newsweek
• Diesel’s Time Has Come But is Anybody Ready?, Shawn Langlois, Boston Herald
• Toyota Advanced Fuel Cell 431 Mile Estimated Range, Green Car Congress
• Can Wal-Mart Be Sustainable?, Editorial, New York Times

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8/6/09

• Reinvestment Investment Summary of EV Grant Awardees, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• Daily Show Update on Cash for Clunkers and a Look Into the Future, Sebastian Blanco, Autoblog Green
• Jay Leno’s New Show Will Feature Green Car Race, Examiner.com
• Power Shift? Proponents Again Push for NGVs, Michael Tilly, The City Wire

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8/5/09

• DOE Announces Ethanol Funding for Fueling Infrastructure & Education, Green Car Congress
• Clean Fuels Foundation Launches Florida FFV Awareness Project, Joanna Schroeder, Gas 2.0
• Forum Held to Drive Green Innovation and Commercialization, Wang Guanqun, China News
• Hunky Dory, James Howard Kunstler Blog

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8/4/09

• Big Companies and Utilities Ready to Plug In to Electric Trucks, USA Today
• A Conversation with T. Boone Pickens, Jennifer Schonberg, Motley Fool Stock Investors
• Forum Touts Green Tech, Ryan Carter, San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• Cash for Clunkers Explained, A Dozen ARRA Programs Outlined, Stafford Williamson, American Chronicle
• When the Clunker is Greener, Gwen Ottinger, Washington Post

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8/3/09

• Nissan's New Leaf: An Electric Car and Charging Stations Too, Coco Masters, Time
• Westport's Senior Executive Sees Cooperation in Chinese Market, Xinhua
• How the Chevy Volt Got Its $40k Pricetag and What GM is going to do About It, Sebastian Blanco, Autoblog Green
• Preparing for the End of Oil, Sean Kilcarr, Fleet Owner

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