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U.S. DOE pays for half of Ford's $20m plug-in Escape hybrid program

Ford - along with utilities Southern California Edison, the Electric Power Research Institute, DTE and battery-maker Johnson Controls/Saft - has been working on its plug-in hybrid Escape program for a long while. Yesterday, Ford announced the good news that the federal government has decided to grant the project $10 million through the U.S. Department of Energy. The grant goes to Ford and covers half the cost of the $20 million project. Ford plans to build 20 PHEV Escapes over two years, and delivered the first such vehicle to SCE last ... Read more →

DOE offers $4.4 million for university biofuel projects Sebastian Blanco

It's not all li-ion battery tech that the federal government is givng support to these days; biofuels are getting some tax dollars as well. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that ...

DOE and Sweden partner up on plug-in vehicles Sebastian Blanco

If all you know about Sweden is ABBA and those little red gummi fish, read no further. We wouldn't want to confuse you with news that the U.S. Department of Energy and the Swedish Energy Agency are ...

DOE readies $86m in grants for three cellulosic ethanol plants Sebastian Blanco

Late last week, the U.S. Department of Energy picked three cellulosic ethanol projects as recipients of up to $86m in federal funding for fiscal years 2008-2011. These "small-scale biorefinery ...

DOE finds $114m for cellulosic ethanol Sebastian Blanco

The U.S. Department of Energy announced the recipients of the department's first round of cellulosic ethanol biorefinery project funding yesterday. Four small-scale projects will share $114 million of ...

DOE offers $30M for plug-in hybrid research 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Department of Energy announced a $30 million push to help get plug-in hybrids to market. Seven million will be coming this year, and the rest over the next two years. The $30M, which will be matched by the auto industry for $60M total, is to be used to improve PHEVs and high-power ...

$30 million more for bioenergy research centers from the DOE 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The money just keeps on flowing from the U.S. Department of Energy to alternative energy companies. If we're just talking about Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs), the DOE has invested over $400 million (over five years), now that $30 million in new funding was announced yesterday. Those BRCs are at ...

U.S. DOE will work with China on large-scale deployment of alternative-power vehicles 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this month, the Department of Energy signed an agreement with China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) that has the potential to play quite a role in the future of greener driving. After all, last year China moved into second place for buying vehicles and third in producing them. ...


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