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View Resource Drawing inspiration from different sources, teams work to build an environmentally sound car

100 Years after the Ford Model T, what does the future hold for our cars? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=506493&in_page_id=1965 Automotive X Prize http://auto.xprize.org/ Howstuffworks: "How Electric Cars Work" [Macromedia Flash Player] http://auto.howstuffworks.com/electric-car.htm Aptera [Macromedia Flash...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2008/0111
View Resource Gas Prices: The Sky's the Limit

The birds are singing, school is winding down for the year, and summer is within sight. Tis the season for summer road trips. And this year, as with most recent summers, gasoline prices are on the rise -- even eclipsing two dollars per gallon at some California gas stations. The several sites assembled here look into the issue of summer's pending gas price hike and examine some of the reasons for...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2004/0326
View Resource U.S. Department of Energy: FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program

The FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program, under direction of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, works "to strengthen America's energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality." The Program is a collaborative effort with industry leaders to develop transportation technologies that reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil and...

https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/vehicle-technologies-of...