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• - U.S. Department of Energy -- Alternative fueled vehicles, electric vehicles, encouragement of "clean cities".
  
• - Umbrella organization of DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors, formed to conduct cooperative, pre-competitive research.
  
• - Proposes that cars should use boron as a fuel for propulsion and asserts that boron is a safer fuel than hydrogen or gasoline.
  
• - Fueled with used vegetable oil from fast food restaurants, this van can go up to 65 mph and has traveled 10,000 miles.
  
• - Information resource on alternative fuels (propane or LPG, natural gas, hydrogen, methanol, ethanol, biodiesel), hybrid electric vehicles, batteries and fuel cells.
  
• - Truck engines use natural gas and diesel fuel simultaneously to reduce emissions without power and compression loss.
  
• - Comprehensive. Covers EV conversions, batteries and fuel cells, U.S. Gov research sites, university projects, regional associations and manufacturers.
  
• - A complete alternative fuel vehicle (afv) resource including a buyers guide, alternative fuel station locators, state and federal funding list, current alternative fuel prices, laws, events and news. Specific areas of focus are CNG, hybrids, ethanol, meth
  
• - Ranks cars and trucks according to environmental friendliness. Using this consumer guide, buyers can compare cars, vans, pickups, and sport utility vehicles by their environmental impacts, including air pollution, global warming, and fuel efficiency.
  
• - Alternative fuel resources companies, products, refueling sites and funding sources.
  
• - information on alternative fuels and vehicles.
  
• - New University of North Texas car uses cryogenic heat engine fueled/powered by liquid nitrogen: summary, FAQ, power train closeup, engine gas flow diagram.
  
• - Conceptual proposal for an infrastructure for transportation aimed at the use of renewable energy sources.
  
• - Research and development on transportation energy and environmental issues, national transportation planning and policy, and transportation systems engineering.
  
• - Performs research in advanced automotive technologies such as hybrid electric vehicles, emissions reduction, and clean diesel engines.
  
• - A hybrid-drive braking system designed for the heavy transport industry that recovers braking energy thus increasing fuel efficiency.
  
• - Information about advanced transportation technology development, particularly in California, including electric, natural gas, and hybrid electric vehicles; intelligent transportation technologies; and clean ferries.
  
• - The Advanced Transportation and Advanced Systems (ATAS) Laboratory works on electric and hyrogen vehicle projects.