DIY Electric Car

JULY 28, 2008

presidential candidates Barak Obama and John McCain are talking about EVs. Tags: Editorials candidates senator barak obama john mccain ev electric vehicle phev hybrid range extended campaign race 2008 energy sustainable clean solar wind biofuels diesel hydrogen. Are the candidates finally committed to electric vehicles?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Sale 225 is the first of only two lease sales proposed for the Eastern Planning Area under the Five Year Program, and is the first sale offering acreage in that area since Sale 224 in March of 2008. The sale encompasses 134 whole or partial unleased blocks covering about 465,200 acres in the Eastern Planning Area.

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MAY 5, 2009

US President Barack Obama has established a Biofuels Interagency Working Group, to be co-chaired by the Secretaries of Agriculture and Energy and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to further the research, development and commercialization of biofuels. This is a very aggressive directive from the President.”

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JULY 21, 2016

During past eight years the number of plug-in electric vehicle models has increased from one to more than 20, battery costs have decreased 70%, and the number of electric vehicle charging stations has increased from less than 500 in 2008 to more than 16,000 today—a 40-fold increase. Electric vehicle coalition.

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MAY 22, 2013

This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. This is another important contribution to what the Obama Administration has done to preserve and promote America’s auto industry.

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JULY 30, 2010

The announcement came as US President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced now for sale later this year. Due to what it termed “ strong public interest ” in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors will increase US production capacity of the Volt by 50%, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Bush in 2008 and which was expanded by President Barack Obama in 2009. After the repurchase, Treasury will continue to own approximately 300 million shares of GM common stock, or approximately 19% of the outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2015

It's been no secret that President Obama's goal of 1 million plug-in electric cars on U.S. That's the goal he announced on the campaign trail toward winning his first term in 2008. roads won't be met by the end of this year. The actual number is likely to be perhaps 400,000 or so; the 1-million goal may not be met until 2018 or later.

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MARCH 21, 2014

The latest lease sales build on the first three sales held under the Obama Administration’s Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017 (Five Year Program) that offered more than 60 million acres for development and garnered $1.4 billion in bid revenues.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

During his 2008 campaign for president, Barack Obama famously said that he wanted one million plug-in cars on U.S. roads by 2015. That's a goal that many experts continue to think will be extremely hard to attain. Now California has adopted the same goal for the state alone, but with a different and longer timeframe.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

Now that they’ve proven unworthy of any bipartisanship I’m looking forward to watching President Obama, and the vast majority of Americans who support him, beat these bad guys like a boogie woogie piano man playing eight to the bar.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

In February 2010, President Obama announced that the Department of Energy had offered conditional commitments for a total of $8.33 SNC submitted its COL application on 28 March 2008, and supplemented the application on 2 Oct. billion in loan guarantees for the construction and operation of the two new nuclear reactors. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 21, 2013

The Biorefinery Assistance Program was created through the 2008 Farm Bill and is administered by USDA Rural Development. Since the start of the Obama Administration, the USDA Biorefinery Assistance Program has provided approximately $684 million in assistance to support biofuels projects in eight states.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. In 2018 he was in the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation ’s Leaders Africa program.

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APRIL 2, 2012

To enable widespread use of E15, the Obama Administration has set a goal to help fueling station owners install 10,000 blender pumps over the next 5 years. In addition, both through the Recovery Act and the 2008 Farm Bill, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and U.S.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

The request was denied by then-EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson on 6 March 2008. On 26 January 2009, President Barack Obama requested that EPA revisit the matter of the denial. The waiver request was made by California on 21 December 2005, to allow the state the right to control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.

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APRIL 10, 2010

The 4-7 March Gallup poll was conducted a few weeks before President Obama came out in favor of oil exploration off some sections of the US coast ( earlier post ), and shortly after he advocated the expanded use of nuclear power in the United States.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

The FOA will fund projects in the following three technical areas specified in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act (FCEA) of 2008: Feedstocks development; Biofuels and bio-based products development; and, Biofuels development analysis.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

In 2008, the 8-hour standard was lowered to 0.075 ppm. The more stringent ozone NAAQS recently shelved by President Obama would have further reduced the 8-hour standard to within the range of 0.060-0.070 parts per million (ppm). Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

It later became the chemistry of choice for early electric cars including the 2008 Tesla Roadster. National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama. Starting in the 1990s, his lithium cobalt oxide cathode was used in many electronic products including camcorders, laptop computers, and mobile phones.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2009

Henderson, 50, was named to his current position in 2008. In its statement, GM said that it is awaiting further announcements by President Obama and the Task Force on Automotive Reconstruction (due Monday), and that it will have additional comments at that time. He was previously vice chairman and chief financial officer.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009.&#. The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009. in the latter half of 2008 virtually shut down the IPO market. by Reuters.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Last week, the Obama administration announced new fuel economy standards for automobiles that provides some incentives for electric cars. In 2008, transportation accounted for 22 percent of all city carbon emissions. million metric tons of transportation emissions in 2008. If by 2015, 2.5 That represents only 1.43

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JUNE 9, 2009

The Obama Administration’s 2010 Department of Energy (DOE) budget proposes to cut the federal hydrogen fuel cell research and deployment budget by more than two thirds, or $130 million, eliminating funds for the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle program and market transformation programs. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The report expects aluminum to double its share of the light vehicle material mix by 2025 vs. the 2008 EPA baseline vehicle. Ducker Worldwide. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 2, 2013

A previous application from TransCanada for a Keystone XL project (2008 application) was for a pipeline that would have been more than 1.5 2012 Keystone XL plan vs. 2008 plan. This Draft SEIS presents an impact assessment that, where appropriate, draws upon the analysis released in August 2011 for the 2008 application.

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JUNE 23, 2009

The Obama Administration is awarding $8 billion in three conditional loan commitments for the development of innovative, advanced vehicle technologies: $5.9 billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6 billion to Nissan North America, Inc.; and $465 million to Tesla Motors.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Friday November 14th, 2008 - GM Training Center - Burbank, CA. He sent the story to KFWB News 980 and to President-elect Barack Obama. At the very least, members of the electric car family demand that the conditions that were incorporated in the funding legislation of the $25 Billion loan package of September 2008 be adhered to.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. 2 ] Rasmussen’s “one agreement, two steps” plan was quickly endorsed by US President Obama, as well as Australia’s Prime Minister Rudd and Russia’s President Medvedev, all of whom were present at the APEC summit.

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AUGUST 9, 2009

annual increase; meeting the EU targets for 2008-2015 requires a 2.5% Ford is pleased that the Obama administration has recognized the substantial investment required to develop the technologies that will increase fuel efficiency and decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Meeting the California Pavley regulations will require about a 5.8%

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JULY 23, 2009

Two earlier NRC reports in 2005 and 2008 assessed the structure and management of the Partnership as well as the nature, adequacy, and progress of the research activities. A third report, based on Partnership activities and progress following the 2008 report, is planned.

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MAY 27, 2009

President Obama announced more than $467 million from the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act will go to expand and accelerate the development, deployment, and use of geothermal and solar energy throughout the United States. Geothermal Energy. National Geothermal Data System, Resource Assessment, and Classification System ($30 Million).

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JANUARY 29, 2010

President Barack Obama announced that the Federal Government will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 28% by 2020. On 5 October 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustainability, setting measurable environmental performance goals for Federal Agencies. billion on electricity and fuel in 2008 alone.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

President Barack Obama gives me and many of us a reason to believe again through not only his recognition of the threat and its urgency , but also through the people he’s put in place to respond and the programs he is introducing. So you have to look for hope elsewhere, outside of the harsh reality of facts and science.

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JUNE 19, 2009

ARB staff also noted that fuel cell durability has improved dramatically, including free-capable system lasting 1,900 hours in the field in 2008 (up from 950 hours in 2006) and 7,300 hours in the lab. kWh (350 bar, down 9% from 2008) for hydrogen storage. Earlier post.). Well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. Source: DOE.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Average annual capital needs and gap estimates, all levels of government, 2008-35 (in 2008 dollars). Responding to earlier comments by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood on examining a mileage tax, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said “ that [a mileage tax] is not and will not be the policy of the Obama administration.”.

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JUNE 19, 2009

The EPRI report also incorporates contributions from six expert working groups established by NIST in 2008, and a cybersecurity coordination task group established in 2009. Both FERC and the Obama administration recognize electric transportation as a key area of focus for the Smart Grid community. Electric transportation.

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