User: flenvcenter Topic: Transportation-National
Category: Alternative Vehicles
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Solar-powered RC race cars teach valuable energy lesson 23.5.2013 TreeHugger
Solar Rollers hope to teach teenagers to love solar energy, one race at a time.
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Inspiring Oklahoma Volunteers 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
He served in Operation Desert Storm and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, after 20 years in the Army, he will again serve his country in...
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Page out of book depicts town's tragedy 23.5.2013 CNN: Top Stories
The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:
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Colorado wildlife agency determined to make CNG-powered pickups work 23.5.2013 Denver Post: News: Local
Colorado wildlife agency determined to make CNG-powered pickups work
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GM Chevy Spark electric car's price 38 percent less than sibling hybrid Volt's 23.5.2013 Yahoo: US National
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Chevrolet Spark all-electric subcompact car will cost U.S. buyers as much as 38 percent less than what it takes to buy its larger sibling, the hybrid Volt, General Motors Co said on Thursday. The 2014 Spark EV, which goes on sale next month in California and Oregon, will sell for as low as $19,995 after accounting for the full federal tax credit of $7,500, GM said. The larger Chevy Volt, which was introduced in the fall of 2010, sells for about $32,500 after the tax credit. ... ...
Oklahoma Senators Bailed Out On Tornado Aid By Bills They Opposed 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
WASHINGTON -- Oklahoma's senators can thank sequestration, and perhaps more importantly, funding for Superstorm Sandy cleanup that they opposed, for sparing them from a difficult...
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Moore Residents Search For Lost Pets 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
MOORE, Okla. -- Judy Peterson has big plans for restoring her home, which was damaged in the brutal tornado that devastated this community on Monday....
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'That Over There Was My Room' 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
MOORE, Okla. -- Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the tornado, Darius Joseph and his friend Brandon Dick set out for the disaster zone...
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DealBook: In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan Early 23.5.2013 NY Times: Business
DealBook: In a Plus for Electrics, Tesla Repays a Big Federal Loan Early
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Tesla pays off government loan of $465M early 23.5.2013 Seattle Times: Nation & World
Using money from a $968 million stock and note sale that closed Wednesday, electric carmaker Tesla paid off a $465 million loan it got from the Department of Energy in 2010 to foster development of advanced-technology vehicles.
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Wheels Blog: Wheelies: The Luxo-Fisker Lutz Edition 23.5.2013 NY Times: Automobiles
Wheels Blog: Wheelies: The Luxo-Fisker Lutz Edition
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Tornado Victims Astounded At How They Survived 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
* Six previously missing now accounted for * Area known as Tornado Alley took warnings seriously * President Obama to visit disaster scene on Sunday...
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Oklahoma Disaster Funding Among The Highest In The U.S. 23.5.2013 Green on HuffingtonPost.com
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and...
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Tesla a success for federal loan program 23.5.2013 SFGate: Business & Technology
Tesla a success for federal loan program Created under the Bush administration, the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program became part of President Obama's economic stimulus plan, which emphasized green jobs and renewable power. First to pay backOf the five car companies that received loans from the program, including Ford Motor Co. and Nissan North America, Tesla is the first to pay the money back. [...] the loan also dragged Tesla into the fierce partisan debate that erupted after another clean-tech company funded by the federal government - Solyndra, located just over 1 mile from Tesla's plant in Fremont - filed for bankruptcy. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized Tesla's loan on the campaign trail. 'Living proof'"The department first offered loans to Tesla and other auto manufacturers in June 2009, when car companies couldn't get other financing and many people questioned whether the industry would survive," Moniz said. Fisker AutomotiveAnd while Tesla ...
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Tesla Motors pays off Department of Energy advanced technology loan 23.5.2013 LA Times: Business
Tesla Motors pays off Department of Energy advanced technology loan
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Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government 23.5.2013 Yahoo: Business
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.
Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government 23.5.2013 Seattle Times: Business & Technology
Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.
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Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government 23.5.2013 Seattle Times: Top stories
Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.
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Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government 23.5.2013 Boston Globe: Latest
Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government
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Tesla Motors fully repays $465 million federal loan nine years early 23.5.2013 San Jose Mercury News: Breaking News
In a huge boost for the Obama Administration and clean-energy firms, electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors announced Wednesday that it is paying back its $465 million government loan in full and nine years early.
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