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Chrysler Working On Diesel Injection System For Gasoline Engines

Over the past couple of years we’ve been reporting about a new engine concept where a small amount of ethanol is injected directly into a cylinder chamber before combustion along with a blast of gasoline. The burning of ethanol has the positive side effect of cooling the combustion chamber...

June 6, 2011 by Viknesh Vijayenthiran

Google and DOE map of alternative fuel locations

Need To Charge Your Electric Car? There's A Google Map For That

Fisker Gets $528 Million From DOE For U.S. Production

House passes bill to double DOE fuel-efficient vehicle fund to $50 billion

U.S. DOE announces $8 billion in loans for fuel-efficient vehicles at Ford, Nissan and Tesla

President Bush signed the $25 billion Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program into life last year, but for the past 8 months, the U.S. Department of... June 23, 2009 by Nelson Ireson

Chrysler unveils $448 million electric vehicle plan

Chrysler today submitted three proposals outlining a $448-million plan to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in order to rapidly bring electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in... May 26, 2009 by James Martinez

Chrysler Town & Country electric van concept

Chrysler presents electric minivan concepts for U.S. Postal Service

Chrysler may be on the brink of bankruptcy but that hasn't stopped the company from trying to claw its way back into the now burgeoning electric market - with the help of the... April 23, 2009 by James Martinez

Department of Energy's $25 billion fuel-efficient vehicle fund still untapped

Last November, the Department of Energy issued interim rules for the use of a already-approved $25 billion loan package earmarked for the construction of more fuel-efficient... March 25, 2009 by Nelson Ireson

Nissan pursuing U.S. federal loans for EV program

The past several weeks have been tough ones for Nissan, facing the closure of its Michigan design studio, a forecast loss of $2.6 billion and the cutting of 20,000 jobs... February 10, 2009 by Ralph Hanson

Tesla will be forced to delay Model S sedan without federal loan

Fledgling electric car company Tesla Motors has encountered financing problems recently, prompting the firm to apply for a $400 million aid package from the Department of... December 10, 2008 by Ralph Hanson

U.S. Department of Energy shoots down $16B in Detroit requests

Even as America's carmakers plead their case before the U.S. Congress today, the executive branch has rejected $16 billion in grant requests through the DOE's retooling... December 4, 2008 by Ralph Hanson

Tesla Motors applies for $400 million government aid

Fledgling electric car company Tesla Motors has encountered financing problems recently, prompting the firm to apply for a $400 million aid package from the Department of... November 21, 2008 by Ralph Hanson