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South Bay Bicycle Coalition Scores $240,000 Grant! Huge Grassroots Victory for Brand New Bike Group

Creative Greenius

South Bay Bicycle Coalition members including Redondo Beach Councilman Steve Diels, with County Supervisor Mark Ridley Thomas and County Department of Public Health Staff upon awarding of the grant. That's South Bay Bicycle Coalition Chairman, Todd "Elvis" Dipaola rocking the shades. And it’ll be worth it.

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Tesla, Ford and Nissan win big with DOE grants

Revenge of the Electric Car

We’ve been waiting for several months to hear this good news. Tags: EV Economics Inside Track Obama Energy Ford Nissan Tesla. Three EV pioneers, Tesla, Nissan and Ford, are receiving loans from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program. Additionally, tens of thousands of jobs will be created.

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Obama announces funding for electric vehicles

Green Cars News

Following months of anticipation, President Barack Obama has finally announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive a total of $2.4billion in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. If you’d like to read a full list of the award recipients, click here.

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Obama announces huge investment in SmartGrid

Green Cars News

US President Barack Obama has announced $3.4billion in grant awards to fund a broad range of smart grid technologies and projects. Part of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, the awards will be matched by industry funding for a total investment worth more than $8billion.

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EPA grants California emissions waiver

Green Cars News

The US state of California has been granted a waiver request enabling it to enforce its own greenhouse gas emissions standard for new cars starting with the current model year. The end point of the two standards in 2016 is roughly the same - the MY2016 new vehicle fleet is approximately 243g/CO2 per mile, around 36.6mpg.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

Cars That Think

They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I The grant provided the seed money to launch their startup that year: Green Village Electricity Projects of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. I still remember the number, down to the last dollar.”

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Obama outlines plans for high-speed rail system

Green Cars News

With the promise that he will scrutinise how every dollar is spent as the US bids to stage an economic recovery, President Barack Obama has released a strategic vision for a high-speed passenger rail system in the US.

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