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Program for Hybrid Trucks * USA - House Passes Legislation That Would Create it
The House passed a bill Wednesday designed to spur the development of plug-in hybrid utility and delivery trucks
Washington,DC,USA -CQPolitics.com, by Kathryn A. Wolfe -Sept. 24, 2008: -- The measure, which passed by voice vote, would create a competitive grant program at the Energy Department to help businesses research, develop and ultimately sell these vehicles... During a June hearing on the bill, sponsor F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. , R-Wis., said delivery trucks often drive short distances but idle for hours once they reach their destinations... A plug-in hybrid engine in a utility truck, he said, could use up to 60 percent less fuel... The bill would authorize $16 million a year through fiscal 2011 for the program...
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