Supporting advanced vehicles will help us achieve this goal, and keep our communities healthy and strong.
In fact, a new report issued today shows that America is becoming a global leader in advanced vehicles.
My interest in advanced vehicles and clean energy is tied to my history as a Captain in the U.S. Army.
It will also help fund a small number of real-world experiments that try different transportation techniques in cities and towns around the country using advanced vehicles at scale.
Today's event with diverse industry, labor and government leaders reiterated how far we have come in developing advanced vehicles that reduce our country's dependence on foreign oil, and grow jobs in our communities.
"Ford's electrified vehicles offer a great combination of efficiency, performance, technology and affordability that we believe will help spur adoption of these advanced vehicles, " says Kevin Layden, director, Ford Electrification Programs and Engineering.
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Upgrading these vehicles would help bridge a technological gap before the army adds more-advanced combat vehicles to replace the existing fleet.
"Yeah, there's that little thing called safety, " says David Hermance, executive engineer for Toyota's Advanced Technology Vehicles.
"Yeah, there's that little thing called safety, " says David Hermance, executive engineer for Toyota (nyse: TM - news - people )'s Advanced Technology Vehicles.
And we are currently developing a wide range of advanced technology vehicles, including more hybrids, more diesel engines, hydrogen internal combustion engines and even fuel cells later on down the road.
Additional tax credits for choosing hybrid, fuel cell, alternative fuel and advanced lean-burn technology vehicles have been offered since 2005.
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Lovins has been a leading practitioner of advanced energy efficiency in buildings, vehicles and industry for over three decades.
Likewise, many of the latest innovations in zero-emission vehicles, such as advanced lithium batteries, are also coming from these non-traditional players.
"Made in America" advanced battery technology and electric military vehicles would reduce fuel demand and cost, afford tactical flexibility, and decrease operational risks.
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What goes into advanced batteries and energy-efficient vehicles?
China, America, Europe and the rest of the world must rapidly accelerate the pace of improvement in a whole suite of clean energy technologies, from nuclear and solar alike to plug-in hybrid vehicles, energy storage, and advanced biofuels.
We actually have jumpstarted an entire industry here in the United States, building advanced batteries that are going to go into electric vehicles.
David Vieau -- right over here -- is President and CEO of A123 Systems, a company that produces advanced batteries for energy storage and next-generation vehicles.
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Johnson Controls is also increasing its production capacity of advanced battery types like Absorbent Glass Mat that power start-stop vehicles and Li-ion that power hybrid and electric vehicles.
Announcing the launch of a premium mid-sized coupe in the more accessible D-segment in the near future, the LF-CC reinforces Lexus' commitment to create more engaging, inspirational vehicles through attractive design, a superior driving experience and advanced technologies.
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While major carmakers such as GM (GM) and Ford (F) will be pushing advanced features like OnStar video services and efforts to monitor personal health in vehicles, for the average business these sorts of technologies will be non-starters.
The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press both reported Friday that GM is moving the engineers -- who have been working on the fuel-cell technology in the company's advanced development laboratories division -- to the company's core production engineering division, which designs vehicles to be brought into production.
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