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    Feds to buy over 17,000 of D-3's fuel-efficient vehicles
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    Click above for high-res gallery of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid
    As part of the Obama administration's $787 billion stimulus package, the federal government plans to spend $300 million to replace its current fleet of vehicles with more fuel efficient models. About $285 million of that amount will ...

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    Federal funds quitting hydrogen for plug-ins
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    Back during the Clinton era, Federal funds in the U.S. favored plug-in hybrids research. The money shifted during the Bush administration to hydrogen fuel-cell research. Candidate Obama pledged to have 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on American roads in six years, and the DOE's Office ...

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    Should the U.S. institute a vehicle scrapping plan?
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    Last month, Germany reported a shocking 21 percent improvement in auto sales, and the greatest driver in the uptick was a used vehicle scrapping plan that pays drivers 2,500 euros ($3,150) to remove their old car from the road. With new car sales in most other countries down by at least that much, ...

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    $2 billion? Nah, more like $12.5 billion for plug-in cars in the stimulus bill
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    When the big stimulus bill was passed this week, the number that rose to the forefront was a $2 billion investment for plug in vehicles. But, if you add in all the additional plug-in help for things like infrastructure, the actual plug-in stimulus package is closer to $12.5 billion, according to ...

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