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Saturday Drive: 2012 Fisker Karma
The car: Fisker Karma
The power: 403 total horsepower coming from two 201.5-horsepower (150 kW) AC motors, mounted just above the rear wheels.
Torque is in the neighborhood of monstrous, with 981 pound-feet available at 0 RPM. That figure sounds like...Tags: BMW, Hybrid Vehicles, Companies and Corporations, Automotive Equipment, Football
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W.R. Grace awarded nearly $3 million for carbon reduction
W.R. Grace & Co. will receive nearly $3 million from the U.S. Department of Energy as part of a nationwide effort to develop cost-effective ways of reducing the carbon pollutants released by coal-fired power plants, the department announced Thursday. The...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Elections, Companies and Corporations, Mining, Politics
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Illinois sequestration project is first in U.S. for man-made CO2
GreenspaceA demonstration project in Illinois is the first in the U.S. to begin pumping over a million metric tons of man-made liquid CO2 into permanent underground storage. The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium announced this week that its project in... -
Garagiola reprimanded over disclosure filing omission
State Sen. Rob Garagiola, a Democrat from Germantown, has been sent a letter of reprimand from a state ethics committee for failing to disclose income he received as a lobbyist on state disclosure forms. The committee said in a letter it will take no...Tags: The Washington Post, Elections, Ethics, Employment Opportunities, Employment
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Fact or Fiction? Gasoline Mythbusters
Anchor/ReporterGas prices are still hovering around the $3.50 mark for regular unleaded, but we haven't even hit Memorial Day or the 4th of July yet. Mythbuster 1 Will we see five dollar gas prices this summer? The answer is no, barring any kind of doomsday nuclear...Tags: AAA, Sunoco Incorporated, Energy, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Automotive Equipment
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Daily News Briefs: May 17, 2012
KickingTiresNew models will come fast and furious in the 2013-16 model years, according to Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's annual product pipeline analysis, dubbed the "Car Wars" report. Bank of America sees an above-average level of new model launches starting in......Tags: Hyundai, Kia, BMW, Investment Service, Automotive Equipment
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High-tech charging stations are set to keep electric cars rolling
Eleven charging stations for electric cars now are up and running in downtown Burbank. City officials hope they will spark interest among drivers of the high-tech cars to patronize the business district. Drivers can even be sent a text message when the...
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Dominion to move forward with Cove Point project
Dominion Resources, the Richmond, Va.-based energy producer, said Thursday it will move ahead with plans to convert a liquefied natural gas terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County into an export facility — a decision that drew the immediate...Tags: Conservation, Plant Openings, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
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Cellulosic ethanol: Nonfood crops to be used at new ethanol site
Cellulosic ethanol - ethanol made from nonfood crops - has been an alluring but elusive promise. That promise might finally be taking solid form. Today, ethanol powerhouse Poet will officially break ground on a $250 million commercial cellulosic plant...Tags: Ethanol, Washington, DC, Plant Openings, Valero LP, Environmental Issues
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Carbon Motors will not receive loan from Department of Energy
The Carbon Motors Corporation announced on their website Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Energy would not proceed with the company’s $310 million application for a direct loan under the Advance Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program. ...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, Economy, Business and Finance, Mitch Daniels, Solyndra LLC
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Natural gas boom leads to low prices
It must be a little bit tough to be Tom Murphy.
By day, the co-director of the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research crunches numbers and looks at reports coming from the region's booming natural gas industry — all of which show...Tags: Energy, Natural Resources, Companies and Corporations, Radio, Economy, Business and Finance
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Lutron Electronics strives to conserve
The cafeteria at Lutron Electronics in Upper Saucon Township is more than a place for employees to eat tuna salad and talk about last night's game.
It also showcases the company's energy-saving technology, which can help significantly reduce costs in...Tags: Electronics, Energy, Conservation, Companies and Corporations, The New York Times
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