Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Transportation have been directed by US President Barack Obama to create a national policy to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and increase fuel efficiency from medium- and heavy-duty trucks.

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Green Cars News

JULY 20, 2010

President Barack Obama is being urged to create a National Electric Fuel Task Force to help accelerate the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and their infrastructure.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 27, 2015

We look at vacation car-rental dilemmas, state electric-car fees, and yet another innovation from California carmaker Tesla Motors. All this and more today on Green Car Reports. Tesla takes a page from the retail industry and opens its first "popup store" to sell electric cars in Santa Barbara.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 23, 2016

Who grinned--and who grimaced--while looking over the Chevy Bolt EV 200-mile electric car? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse--right here at Green Car Reports--for the week ending on Friday, January 22, 2016. And, why did Tesla Motors sue a German supplier that worked on the development of its Model X?

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Today, a much-loved TV scientist gets a Bolt EV, we drive a pricey luxury plug-in hybrid performance sedan, and we explain why cars don't burn wood any longer. All this and more on Green Car Reports. One of the last acts of the now-departed Obama Administration was to convene a forum looking at how big data could.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

it appears the recently-unveiled White House budget includes a few measures to boost the adoption of green cars. President Barack Obama is once again attempting to spur sales of electric cars and alternative-fuel vehicles through increased incentives.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 13, 2009

It seems like a great idea in theory - the US Government is backing up its calls for the public to move to green cars by buying some of its own. What do you make of criticism of the GSA’s green car buying? So this latest gesture is likely to be far from a turning point for the industry.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

Could Japanese manufacturer Nissan help to solve the US’s unemployment rate and the scarcity of green cars in the country in one swoop? It hopes that its production line will be capable of producing 50,000-100,000 electric cars by 2012. US green car investment.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 22, 2016

liter TDI owners, possible updates to Tesla Autopilot, and the Obama Administration's plan to fund a national network of electric-car charging stations. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today, we look at the choice facing Volkswagen 2.0-liter

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

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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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

For example, if you look at the page on Obama you find: * The keywords on the left are ordered according to their relationship to the current term. So you can see that Climate Change , Environment , Standards , Solar and other such terms all relate heavily to Obama according to what people talk about. * Obama on cars.

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

Here in the UK we’re so downtrodden by extortionate petrol prices that the prospect of driving fuel efficient green cars carries obvious appeal. However, what about our US neighbours where ‘gas’ prices are distinctly lower and so-called muscle cars are seen as almost iconic and part of the culture?

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

USPresident Barack Obama has requested that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw its Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) rulemaking.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 9, 2012

US President Barack Obama has set his sights on vastly increasing the number of advanced fuel vehicles in American communities after launching a $1billion National Community Deployment Challenge.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 31, 2010

A reduction of its greenhouse gas emissions of 28 per cent by 2020 – that’s the goal outlined by President Barack Obama for the Federal Government. In October 2009, the President signed Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustainability that sets measurable environmental performance goals for Federal agencies.

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2011

An agreement has been reached with 13 major automakers as President Obama announced the next phase of the administration’s national vehicle programme. The aim is to increase fuel economy to a fleet-wide average 54.5mpg or 163g/mile of CO2 for cars and light duty trucks by model year 2025.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2011

As part of a national effort to bring together industry, universities and the federal government, US President Barack Obama has announced the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP).

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

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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Green Cars News

MAY 21, 2009

US President Barack Obama has confirmed a new national policy that intends to slash fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions on all new cars and trucks sold in the USA. Tags: Green cars Latest news Barack Obama Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency national fuel policy.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

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&#. That race however, may be taking place on a slow road if Schwarzenegger is to be believed.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

US President Barack Obama has announced his spending plans for transportation infrastructure and efforts to expand and renew US roads, railways and runways. Tags: Latest news Barack Obama federal infrastructure bank transport infrastructure transport spending. Among the goals outlined [.]. Among the goals outlined [.].

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2009

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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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2010

The electric vehicle producer is the only company President Obama will visit today, where he is expected to discuss the economy with the plant’s 50 workers. Tags: Electric cars electric trucks electric vans Kansas Newton Obama President Smith Electric Vehicles U.S

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 26, 2011

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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Green Cars News

APRIL 29, 2010

According to the Kansas City Star, President Obama stated that he intends to meet a target for the country to triple its production of biofuel within the next twelve years. Tags: Biofuels biofuel ethanol midwest Obama President U.S

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 9, 2011

Fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for medium and heavy duty vehicles have been revealed by US President Barack Obama.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

President Obama has ordered Federal agencies to clean up their act by setting sustainability goals to make improvements in their environmental, energy and economic performance. The Order is said to be proof of the Obama administration ‘leading by example’. Tags: Latest news emissions executive order federal Obama.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

The Consumer Federation of America has recommended that President Barack Obama set a fleet-wide car and light truck fuel economy standard of 60mpg by 2025. Its recommendation was made with the Obama Administration scheduled to release a Notice of Intent for 2017-2025 light duty fuel economy standards on September 30.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Tags: Green cars Latest news fuel efficiency fuel efficiency standard green poll poll of voters in USA President Barack Obama.

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Green Cars News

JULY 31, 2010

The news broke as part of US President Barack Obama’s [.]. Tags: Chevrolet Electric cars Green cars Latest news general motors Chevrolet Volt Chevrolet Volt production President Barack Obama range extended electric cars.

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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

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Green Cars News

MAY 7, 2009

The Obama administration has confirmed its committment to meet the 2007 ‘Renewable Fuels Standard’ yet has added caps on the use of grain-based ethanol to address concerns over negative impact associated with their use such as greenhouse emissions, increased food prices and land clearing. “As Jackson said.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 23, 2009

President Barack Obama previewed a pioneering plug-in hybrid truck project this week developed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in collaboration with the Eaton Corporation and Ricardo plc. Tags: Hybrid cars EPRI hybrid Obama Ricardo. The project was unveiled to the U.S

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Green Cars News

MARCH 30, 2010

The Green Piece Column. Cap and trade has been a burning issue in the US ever since the Obama administration won office and in the European Union the Emission Trading Scheme is well established. Tags: The Green Piece carbon offset carbon offsetting schemes. Tuesday 30 March 2010.

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Green Cars News

MARCH 22, 2012

There are reasons to be excited about biofuel research in the USA – 35 million of them. That’s because the Biomass Research and Development Initiative – a programme run by the Department of Energy (pictured) and the US Department of Agriculture – is set to award $35million over three years for research and development into [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 16, 2010

The eStar all-electric truck transitioned from concept to reality in August 2009 when President Barack Obama visited the Navistar manufacturing plant and announced a $39.2million federal stimulus grant. [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Tags: Green cars Green credentials Latest news Budget 2011 Department of Energy DOE President Barack Obama US Department of Energy.

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