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Wagoner Out as GM CEO; Obama to Provide Details on New Auto Aid on Monday

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The Detroit Free Press reports that the Obama Administration has asked GM CEO Rick Wagoner to resign, which Wagoner agreed to do today. President Obama will unveil his new rescue plan for GM and Chrysler in a White House ceremony on Monday. Not since President Franklin Roosevelt considered taking control of Ford Motor Co.

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Tesla replays DOE loan nine years early

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This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. I would like to thank the Department of Energy and the members of Congress and their staffs that worked hard to create the ATVM program, and particularly the American taxpayer from whom these funds originate.

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Obama outlines plans for greener US

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President Barack Obama called on Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars currently give to oil companies and support record investment into renewable energy and electric cars as part of his State of the Union address yesterday.

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Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

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What it should have said is: “Polluters & Global Warmers Caught In The Act and Stopped – New Clean, Green, Sustainable Economy Begins Booming!&#. That’s the real news here. They have no interest in a new, clean, green economy and they have no stake in a future that sees us lowering emissions.

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Will it be a slow road for green cars?

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The 2009 World Congress of the Society of Automotive Engineers closed its doors yesterday after a highly publicised event that featured an appearance from California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and trumpeted the “race to green mobility&#. Nevertheless, the urge for faster and more powerful vehicles remains strong.

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$25 billion green car grant scheme dodges the axe

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A $25 billion fund for green cars dodged the axe yesterday as the conservative member of the US Congress agreed drop attempts to trim the fund as part of the US government’s budget reviews. However, according to the USA Today, the attention on the fund will put the Department of Energy, which administered the Advanced [.].

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Clunkers programme receives funding boost

Green Cars News

The vastly popular cash for clunkers programme in the USA received a boost last Friday when President Obama signed into law HR 3435, which provides $2billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Programme.