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Electric Motors Corp wants to build truck hybrid systems in Indiana

California based Electric Motors Corporation (EMC) is pitching for some funding from the DOE's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Incentive Program so that it can set up a new factory in Elkhart County, Indiana. EMC is partnering with RV maker Gulf Stream Coach on the project and plans to start off by building a new hybrid drive system for light and medium duty trucks. Not a lot of information is available about the system, other than that the company just recently got some patents. Ultimately, EMC and its partners want to expand the ... Read more →

Meet Bright Automotive, Indiana's answer to the high-mpg question Sebastian Blanco

The Rocky Mountain Institute has been working for ages, it seems, to perfect the ideas behind a hyper-efficient vehicle (see here). A year ago, people working at RMI joined up with others in the green ...

Will Indianapolis or San Francisco be the electric car capital of the US? Sam Abuelsamid

Silicon Valley wants to be the new Detroit. Meanwhile, Indianapolis wants to be the new Silicon Valley. That seems to be the gist of opposing reports, in the Indianapolis Star and the National ...

In Indiana E85 station subsidies can go to government too! Sam Abuelsamid

Indiana may soon get a whole bunch of new E85 outlets, or not. At least station owners inclined to sell E85 will be able to get a helping hand from the state government thanks to newly-passed ...

Three steps forward, one step back - BP can dump more waste into Lake Michigan Shane Addie

British Petroleum (now known as simply BP) has found a way to dodge around a Great Lakes anti-pollution law. The law, written in 1970, set a limit on the amount of waste sludge and ammonia that could ...

'Hoosiers Homegrown' includes more flex fuel, ethanol vehicles, coal 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Continuing our post on Indiana's energy policy, state governor Mitch Daniels announced his plans to the media last week. Calling it the "Hoosiers Homegrown" energy policy, his plans include the purchase of more alternative fuel vehicles by government agencies as well as ways to power such agencies ...

Indiana Republicans propose Biofuels Grant Program 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

This week, Indiana Republicans called for further incentives in the state to promote alternative fuels such as ethanol. House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, with the support of the GOP, proposed the following: Biofuels Grant Program to further encourage fuel stations and such retailers to ...

Chevron may get into ethanol production business 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

With the price of ethanol more than doubling in the past year, it's time for the big energy players to get into the game. The LA Times has a story out today about Chevron Corp. thinking about building plants and making its own ethanol in order to "guarantee steady supplies of the gasoline additive ...

World's largest biodiesel plant will open in Indiana 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Now this is commitment. Last week, Louis Dreyfus Agriculture Industries LLC broke ground on what they are claiming will be the world’s largest biodiesel production plant. Renewabale Energy Access is reporiting that the plant will be able to make 80 million gallons of biodiesel a year once it ...


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