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To assist our readers, EV World archives what our staff feels are important electronic documents in PDF format. Feel free to download any of these, or to suggest possible additions.

TITLE: Fuel Cell Buses in U.S. Transit Fleets: Current Status 2008
AUTHOR: NREL PUBLISHED: 2008
CATEGORY: Automotive/EV Technology FILE SIZE: 772000
2008 report on fuel cell bus demonstrations programs, the key finding of which show progress, but durability and reliability issues remain challenges.

TITLE: The City 'Domes' of Wasted Energy That Should Be Charging Our Electric Cars
AUTHOR: Graham Cliff PUBLISHED: 2008
CATEGORY: Automotive/EV Technology FILE SIZE: 812000
The rapid spread of light pollution in Europe and the wasted energy that could be powering our electric cars.

TITLE: The Impact of Increased Use of Hydrogen on Petroleum Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
AUTHOR: Energy Information Administration PUBLISHED: 2008
CATEGORY: Automotive/EV Technology FILE SIZE: 1
EIA study concludes that plug-in hybrid vehicle technology will offer not only a bridge to fuel cell technology over the next 25 years, but also serious competition. PDF is 84 pages.

TITLE: Hybrid Vehicles and Climate Priorities
AUTHOR: Nicholas Paul Lutsey PUBLISHED: 2008
CATEGORY: Automotive/EV Technology FILE SIZE: 1
Prioritizing Climate Change Mitigation Alternatives: Comparing Transportation Technologies to Options in Other Sectors -- Doctoral Dissertation

TITLE: An Abundance of Lithium - Part 2
AUTHOR: Keith Evans PUBLISHED: 2008
CATEGORY: Issues/Politics FILE SIZE: 108000
Lithium mining expert Keith Evans' latest rebuttal in the limited-lithium debate.

TITLE: The Trouble with Lithium - Under the Microscope
AUTHOR: William Tahil PUBLISHED: 2008
CATEGORY: Issues/Politics FILE SIZE: 738000
Meridian International researcher William Tahil's expanded report on lithium availability and its environmental impact.

TITLE: Checking Dust-to-Dust Assumptions on Hummer vs. Prius Study
AUTHOR: Rocky Mountain Institute PUBLISHED: 2007
CATEGORY: Automotive/EV Technology FILE SIZE: 172000
Analysis of controversial CNW report claiming production and operation of Hummer consumes less total energy over lifecycle than Prius.

TITLE: Hummer versus Prius
AUTHOR: Pacific Institute PUBLISHED: 2007
CATEGORY: Automotive/EV Technology FILE SIZE: 57600
CNW “Dust to Dust” Report Misleads the Media and Public with Bad Science.

TITLE: GAO Crude Oil Report
AUTHOR: U.S.A. Gov't Accounting Office PUBLISHED: 2007
CATEGORY: Issues/Politics FILE SIZE: 1100000
Uncertainty about Future Oil Supply Makes It Important to Develop a Strategy for Addressing a Peak and Decline in Oil Production

TITLE: National Petroleum Council Drills a Dry Hole
AUTHOR: ASPO USA PUBLISHED: 2007
CATEGORY: Automotive/EV Technology FILE SIZE: 1900000
ASPO USA's response to National Petroleum Council's 'Facing the Hard Truths about Energy', finding serious flaws in its findings.

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