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Thursday, September 18th, 2008An employee says she posted a price of $5.99 a gallon for regular after her station ran out of gas.
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India’s iconic electric car gets volt of energy (Yahoo! Asia News)
Thursday, September 18th, 2008MUMBAI (Reuters) – Long before “green” cars became trendy in other parts of the world, a boxy electric two-seater began rolling out of a small factory in the Indian city of Bangalore, which was then emerging as a software services hub.
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Is America Ready to Drive Electric? (Time Magazine)
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Electricity is certainly more abundant and way cheaper than gas, but we still haven’t got the right infrastructure to make electric cars a thing of the present
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New Motor Takes a Giant Step Towards Solving Energy, Pollution Crisis (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Brazilian scientists have announced the development of a breakthrough new motor that they hope will soon power everything from cars to industrial equipment. Just like solar panels capture energy from the sun, the Keppe Motor captures energy from the so called “vacuum” of space — which it turns out is no vacuum at all.
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Oregon boy, 12, invents solar cell to help solve country’s energy crisis (KBCI Boise)
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Despite his age, William Yuan of Beaverton has already studied nuclear fusion and nanotechnology, and he is on his way to solving the energy crisis. The inventor has received a $25,000 scholarship.
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Quantum and Asola Announce Solar Expansion into Korea – Signs JV Agreement With Q&Tech/Yongsan to Build a 30 MW Solar … (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. today announced that its German solar photovoltaic partner, Asola has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a joint venture manufacturing plant in South Korea, to enable production and distribution of high quality, German-designed solar modules in South Korea.
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New research could help cars kick the fossil fuel habit (EurekAlert!)
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008( University of Bath ) Researchers at the University of Bath are helping to develop new rechargeable batteries that could improve hybrid electric cars in the future.
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