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Consult the all-knowing Wiki for more on that. Most hybrid vehicles' gas-powered engines use an Atkinson Cycle, including the Toyota Prius and GM's 2-Mode Hybrid trucks and SUVs.

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Auto makers hope to ratify in January the first draft of a standard that will link electric vehicles to the smart grid.

Interior view of the new Chevrolet Volt seen at the Hamtramck Assembly during a news conference at the automaker's plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Monday, Dec.

General Motors Co. said Monday it will spend $700 million at eight Michigan facilities to get its new rechargeable electric car road-ready - a technological and economic boost for its home state.

As businesses retool operations for an energy-efficient economy, green jobs are seeping into the area.

A day before being revealed at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show,A General Motors invited the media to get up close with two new fuel efficient models that will go on sale next year as 2011 models - the Chevrolet Volt and Cruze.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2009; Chevrolet unveils the U.S. production version of the 2011 Cruze compact sedan at the L.A. Auto Show on Dec.

Set to be shown publicly this week at the LA Auto Show , the Cruze is still a good eight or nine months away from arriving in U.S. showrooms.

Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot makes a purchase Monday at Dancing Bear Toys and Gifts during his visit to encourage residents to buy locally during the holidays and beyond.

Inside the Chevy Volt When people look at shiny new cars on a lot, they see steel and aluminum, leather and plastic.

Industrial Ethernet protocols help with real time applications, including these from... By Control Engineering Staff -- Control Engineering, October 2, 2008 SERCOS III Ethernet protocol replaced the traditional networkA to directly control I/O connections, andA monitor subsystems and other field bus devices on Rovema packaging machines.

Since then, a few new models - Bosch's 25618-02, Makita's BTD 144, and Milwaukee's 2650-20 - have come on the market.

SST has announced the world's first low-voltage, high-speed quad I/O serial flash memory.

The challenge for electric vehicles is how to make them affordable. Industry leaders at the Business of Plugging In conference in Detroit this week conveyed some ideas about how to put electric vehicles' cost on par with conventional cars.

There has been some criticism about the soundtrack to 'One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur.' Kerouac, the legendary beat poet, is synonymous with jazz.

Many of you seem to think you can convert an existing platform and have it on the market in six months.

Ford Motor Co. said last week that it is working with the University of Michigan to help develop its next-generation hybrid car.

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Plans are moving forward for an Advanced and Renewable Energy Lab at the Purdue College of Technology in Kokomo.