Automotive Standards - September 2007

In this issue:

• Advanced Vehicle Technologies Research Projects Receive $19 Million Boost from DOE
  

  The U.S. Department of Energy selected five next-generation vehicle research projects to receive as much as $19.2 million for development of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs).

• Companies Explore PHEVs
  

  As advanced vehicle technologies move forward, a growing number of organizations are pursuing the use and exploring the performance of plug-in hybrid electronic vehicles (PHEVs), among them California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, Wisconsin Public Power Inc., and Central Vermont Public Service.

• Google Backs PHEVs
  

  Google.org, the philanthropic arm of Google, Inc., announced its intention to become a force in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence by backing the adoption of plug-in hybrid electronic vehicles (PHEVs).

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