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MARCH 7, 2012

US President Barack Obama announced a new $1-billion National Community Deployment Challenge to spur deployment of advanced alternative fuel vehicles in communities around the country.

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JULY 28, 2020

The Office of Inspector General of the US Environmental Protection Agency plans to begin an evaluation of the EPA’s actions on the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part 2. Earlier post.). The SAFE rule reduces the increase in stringency of CAFE and CO 2 emissions to about 1.5%

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

At a meeting with a bipartisan group of governors from around the country, President Barack Obama yesterday laid out three measures intended to work in concert to boost biofuels production and reduce US dependence on petroleum. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). Earlier post.)

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Democrats now control the White House and both chambers of Congress. Just as President Obama passed the Affordable Care Act in the two short years when Democrats had a unified government, this could be the country’s chance to enact aggressive and long-lasting climate legislation. But how can we get there? energy goal.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks (SAFE Vehicles Rule) initiated a process to establish a new 50-state fuel economy and tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions standard for passenger cars and light trucks covering MY 2021 through 2026. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Battery costs exceeded $500/kWh when President Obama launched his EV Everywhere Grand Challenge goal of making EVs that are as affordable and convenient for the American family as gasoline-powered vehicles, and low-cost, high performance batteries are a key component of the strategy to attain the President’s goal.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

In response to the Presidential Auto Task Force Report that concluded that the plug-in Chevrolet Volt was unlikely to be commercially successful in the short-term due to its cost ( earlier post ), Plug In America is proposing a plan to make GM’s Chevy Volt and other plug-in cars more affordable. Chelsea Sexton. Chelsea Sexton.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2010

US Representatives Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and John Shimkus (R-IL) have introduced a bill in Congress—the Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act (RFRA)—that would extend the $0.45 Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC), commonly called the blenders’ credit, and the secondary tariff on imported ethanol until 31 December 2015.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 22, 2024

Trump previously attempted to roll back Obama-era emissions regulations and later cautioned that they were stagnating development of affordable vehicles Americans actually wanted to buy. Union leadership has long been allied with the Democrats due to the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO).

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JUNE 22, 2010

The new program builds on the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, a new interagency collaboration launched by President Obama in June 2009, between the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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APRIL 2, 2018

The Obama Administration’s determination was wrong. Obama’s EPA cut the Midterm Evaluation process short with politically charged expediency, made assumptions about the standards that didn’t comport with reality, and set the standards too high. The Aluminum Association, whose member companies invested more than $2.6

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JULY 27, 2016

Though the immediate goal is to make effective, affordable batteries for EVs, consortium director and PNNL materials scientist Jun Liu expects the consortium’s work could also advance stationary grid energy storage.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2015

But the political and financial winds are moving in the wrong direction for the industry, raising more “above ground” problems at a time that they can ill-afford it. Finally, President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline on November 6, which will only come as news to readers living under a rock. General Eric T.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2015

As announced in January, the companies will be part of the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), announced by President Obama as part of the larger National Network for Manufacturing Innovation supported by the US Department of Energy.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today's gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years” appropriate for the technology development and deployment programs of the Department? Is the mission statement, “to enable U.S.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule setting corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) and CO 2 emissions standards for model years 2021-2026 passenger cars and light trucks.

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JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. The Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute is the ninth manufacturing hub awarded by the Obama Administration.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

President Obama announced the DOE “Clean Energy Grand Challenge” in March 2012 with the goal of enabling US companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today’s gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 10 years.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015 , a short status report on advances in deployment and progress to date in meeting President Obama’s goal of putting one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEV) on the road by 2015. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 6, 2014

of vehicle sales), far below levels required to meet the Obama administration’s goal of one million PEVs on the road by 2015. Fewer people will qualify for the higher loans associated with PEVs’ greater upfront capital costs, even though the monthly fuel savings from PEVs might bring the monthly cost down to an affordable level.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized. —John D.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Tuesday night, President Obama will speak to the nation about the Gulf catastrophe. Tuesday night President Obama will address our nation. The missing piece we dream President Obama will follow up with is an emergency-response roadmap to a world where increasingly scarce and costly oil is used only when needed.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

By 2012, we should have made some progress on this, just in time to re-elect Obama to his second term. Early support from those who can afford them, as well as the federal government, will be necessary, he said. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer.

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MAY 28, 2015

Successful commercialization of its technology will contribute to more affordable electric vehicles. High Loading Lithium-Ion Electrode Architecture for Low Cost Electric Vehicle Batteries Ballast Energy, Inc. is developing the next generation of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles with a unique cost cutting innovation. 150,000.00.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Bush, is calling for policymakers to employ technology neutral policies as they begin to implement the new CAFE regulations proposed by President Obama. Former Transportation and Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta, who served under former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Add to the mix a surge in global government funding initiatives and subsidies from California to Japan, and across Europe, and the case for affordable fuel cells and consequent infrastructure is strengthened. On the 1 st of May 2014, the California Energy Commission announced that it will invest $46.6

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JULY 23, 2009

It is not yet clear that the hydrogen/fuel cell approach (or for that matter advanced ICEs/biomass, or PHEVs/BEVs) can or cannot meet reasonable emission and driving-range requirements while also being affordable to purchase and operate. Recent fuel cell lifetime and durability improvements are encouraging, as are projected lower costs.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama signaled his intentions Friday to help the auto industry, calling it “the backbone of American manufacturing” during his news conference. “I Congress has already provided $25 billion in low-interest loans to help car companies build more fuel-efficient vehicles. A bankruptcy filing by G.M.

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AUGUST 6, 2013

In the US, President Obama declared an American goal of putting one million EVs on the road by 2015. The French government has set a goal of two million EVs by 2020, and has dedicated €50 million in funding to promoting adoption of electric vehicles. Denmark has a goal of 200,000 EVs by 2020, recently reduced from 400,000.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. But GM says it wont get the money until the Obama administration is satisfied the company is financially viable. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it. General Motors has sought $10.3

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Similarly, in response to an invitation by President Obama, ARB worked closely with USEPA and NHTSA on the development of national GHG and fuel economy requirements for 2017-2025. Nonetheless, staff believes that manufacturers will be able to certify their vehicles to both California and federal requirements when both programs are in effect.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Or is it alive but too expensive and if so, what is the more affordable replacement? by Bill Cooke. Is tax equity dead?

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