Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 3, 2010

Ford, General Motors and Smart are partners. said Mike Tinskey, manager of vehicle electrification and infrastructure at Ford. said Mike Tinskey, manager of vehicle electrification and infrastructure at Ford. Ford, General Motors and Smart are partners. Would-be buyers of E.V.’s

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2012

These projects support the Materials Genome Initiative ( earlier post ), an effort announced by President Obama to double the speed and cut the cost of discovering, developing, and deploying new high-tech materials in the United States. Ford Motor Company. General Motors. Lead organization. Description.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

As the Obama Administration considers stricter fuel economy regulations, automakers are expected to lower the overall weight of vehicles by approximately 400 pounds (181 kg) per vehicle, and as aluminum use increases, the mix percent is expected to double. Honda leads aluminum content as a percent of curb weight at 10.7%

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. automaker since Henry Ford’s Ford Motor debuted its shares in 1956. Rumors are circling that Tesla is preparing an IPO, although no one at Tesla is yet talking. More details at: Electric-car maker Tesla preparing IPO.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 Large automakers based in Michigan, including GM, Chrysler, and Ford, will receive a total of more than $400 million to manufacture thousands of advanced hybrid and electric vehicles as well as batteries and electric drive components.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

If you listen to US President Barack Obama it has been a long time coming – his decision to pour $2.4billion of stimulus money to make America a global leader in electric and hybrid car development comes as the country plays catch up to the likes of Japan and even China in the green car race (see article ). “I Our verdict. Faye Sunderland.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2009

An interim report by the National Research Council (NRC) assessing the strategy and structure of the Department of Energy’s FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership concluded that although the Obama Administration’s focus on nearer-term vehicle technologies to reduce petroleum fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is on the right track, there remains (..)

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2009

There are also questions about the claim that this will help autoworkers as Ford, GM and Chrysler all have significant backlogs of unsold vehicles. Tags: Chrysler Green cars Latest news general motors Barack Obama Government Service Administration. What do you make of criticism of the GSA’s green car buying?

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2009

It predicts that 610,000 vehicles will be sold in the US alone in the next five years - though this would be short of the Obama administration’s one million plug-in vehicle targets.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Electric cars everywhere you looked, quiet as a mouse and making a total mockery out of General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler who could have been making these cars for the last decade, but instead had to be pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and shame-filled failure before they would start even talking about making these cars.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

And so it proved as the subsidy programme helped Ford to its first increase in US vehicles sales since 2007 after it sold 158,838 vehicles in July – a two per cent increase compared to the previous year (see article ). With General Motors and Chrysler also showing signs of modest improvement, all looked rosy.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

Bird Cage Liners article this morning: Asking carmakers to comply with California’s rules would be tantamount to forcing a cancer patient to “finish chemo and then go run the Boston Marathon,&# General Motors Corp. spokesman Greg Martin said. That’s priceless, Greg “I’m Not Funny Like Steve&# Martin!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

President Barack Obamas New Energy For America program calls for deployment of 1 million plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2015, and on March 19, 2009, he announced programs directing $2.4 billion to electric vehicle development. mile mountain road rises almost a mile vertically while traversing 156 switchback turns with no guardrails.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Chryslers first electric car, set to be introduced late next year around the same time as General Motors Chevrolet Volt, will be a sports car with a zero-to-60 time of under five seconds and a top speed of 120 miles per hour.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

The Obama Administration is targeting 1 million plug-ins in the US by 2015.) Hurst anticipates that Toyota, General Motors, and Ford will together account for three-quarters of the world market for PHEVs by 2015. A new report from cleantech market intelligence firm Pike Research forecasts that by 2015 a total of 1.7

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

In one of his first official acts in office in January, President Obama requested a final order for federal fuel economy standards for only model year 2011, with further consideration and analysis to occur prior to issuing rules for subsequent model years. million metric tons during that period. Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

automakers such as Ford (Stock Quote: F ) and General Motors (Stock Quote: GM ).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2019

trillion in collective assets under management called on General Motors (GM) to join other OEMs in the compromise agreement with California and other states on clean vehicle standards. New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and a coalition of 25 major investors with $1.1 The compromise agreement provides these elements.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 14, 2022

Previously, former President Barack Obama had set the penalties to start with the 2019 model year. ” GM, Ford, and Volkswagen have all increased their output of EVs with recent vehicle releases. Trump’s revision set the effective date with 2022 model year vehicles.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Yet Cadillac is leading the high end of General Motors’ ambitious move into EVs for all its brands. Dormant for a decade, that Obama-era program initially loaned money to Ford, Nissan, and Tesla (which all paid back their loans) and Fisker, which declared bankruptcy and lost the department more than $100 million.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

Consumer Reports sent letters and a consumer petition to the leaders of General Motors, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Hyundai, Kia, and Mitsubishi, calling on the companies to drop their legal attack against America’s Clean Air Act, and instead support Clean Car standards that help drivers save money on fuel and reduce air pollution.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 7, 2008

DETROIT — The rapidly deteriorating finances of General Motors are forcing the federal government to decide whether to bail out the largest American automaker or face the prospect that it might go bankrupt. Ford and Chrysler have been lobbying hard in Washington for more help. and Ford may add pressure to act sooner.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The deal is roughly on par with the 15 percent initially offered by Ford and 16 percent from General Motors. It likewise said it would provide workers $10,500 in inflation-related bonuses while GM offered $11,000 at GM and Ford said it could swing $12,000. percent over the next four years. Michigan Gov.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" In other words, General Motors is going to lose its shirt until the Volt establishes itself in the marketplace. The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. General Motors has sought $10.3 Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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