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MARCH 19, 2015

President Obama today signed a wide-ranging executive order mandating cuts in greenhouse gas emissions for Federal agencies. Through more efficient Federal operations, agency direct greenhouse gas emissions can be cut by at least 40% over the next decade, the order suggests.

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JUNE 24, 2011

US President Barack Obama today launched the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to invest in emerging technologies such as information technology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.

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APRIL 21, 2021

The company’s investor base includes former President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, Mark Fields; former Senior Advisor to the Obama Administration’s Presidential Task Force on the Auto Industry, Harry Wilson; and investment firms Gatemore Capital Management and Wave Equity Partners.

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MAY 21, 2010

US President Barack Obama signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to create a first-ever National Policy to increase fuel efficiency and decrease greenhouse gas pollution from medium- and heavy-duty trucks for Model Years 2014-2018.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

US President Barack Obama announced fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The agencies’ scopes are the same except that EPA is including recreational on-highway vehicles (RVs, or motor homes) within its rulemaking, while NHTSA is not including these vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Since 2008, Barack Obama has consistently promoted the goal of having 1 million advanced technology vehicles on U.S. The number refers to plug-in vehicles that use grid power, stored in lithium-ion battery packs, to operate their electric traction motors. roads by 2015. Regular hybrids like the Toyota Prius don't do that.

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MAY 9, 2013

The Obama Administration is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies: Defense, Energy, Commerce, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. Earlier post.). reducing the size of a sub-station to a suit case).

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JANUARY 15, 2016

Within six months, NHTSA will work with state partners, the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, and other stakeholders to develop a model state policy on automated vehicles that offers a path to consistent national policy.

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MAY 24, 2011

In addition, the Memorandum directs executive fleets to achieve maximum fuel efficiency; be limited in motor vehicle body size, engine size, and optional equipment to what is essential to meet agency mission; and be midsize or smaller sedans, except where larger sedans are essential to the agency mission.

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MAY 18, 2009

The US auto industry, via the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, is lining up to support a new national, harmonized program to reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption that President Obama will announce on Tuesday, 19 May.

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JULY 21, 2016

General Motors. 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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JUNE 23, 2009

The Obama Administration is awarding $8 billion in three conditional loan commitments for the development of innovative, advanced vehicle technologies: $5.9 billion for Ford Motor Company; $1.6 and $465 million to Tesla Motors. Ford Motor Company will receive $5.9 Tesla Motors will receive $465 million in two parts.

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JULY 16, 2014

Fully a year ago, a Tesla supporter started a petition on WhiteHouse.gov asking president Barack Obama to let Tesla Motors sell its electric cars directly to consumers in all 50 states.

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MAY 22, 2013

billion fundraising , Tesla Motors has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the US Department of Energy in 2010. This program was signed into law by President Bush in 2008 and then awarded under the Obama administration in the years that followed. Flush with its recent $1.02

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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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JANUARY 23, 2016

And, why did Tesla Motors sue a German supplier that worked on the development of its Model X? 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.

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JULY 29, 2011

The new Obama Administration proposal to increase fuel efficiency standards for cars and light trucks to an average 54.5 The less motor fuel used by drivers, the less revenue generated for improvements financed through the HTF. Summary of the analysis. Click to enlarge. mpg by 2016).

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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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JULY 30, 2010

Due to what it termed “ strong public interest ” in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors will increase US production capacity of the Volt by 50%, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012. The announcement came as US President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced now for sale later this year.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

General Motors today will purchase 200 million shares of GM common stock held by the US Department of the Treasury for $5.5 Bush in 2008 and which was expanded by President Barack Obama in 2009. billion, or $27.50 Government ownership of GM stock was the result of the auto industry rescue that began under President George W.

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APRIL 17, 2009

The proposed cause or contribute finding concludes that that the combined emissions of CO 2 , CH 4 , N 2 O, and HFCs from new motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines contribute to the atmospheric concentrations of these key greenhouse gases and hence to the threat of climate change.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

On 19 December, President Obama signed into law the $636.3-billion billion Defense Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 3326) ( earlier post ) which provides FY 2010 appropriations for Department of Defense (DOD) military programs. Attached to the bill (now law) are $4.197 billion in 1,719 earmarks—Congressionally directed spending projects.

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APRIL 2, 2012

The Clean Air Act and EPA regulations require that manufacturers of gasoline and diesel fuels and fuel additives produced and commercially distributed for use in highway motor vehicles must register their gasoline and diesel fuels and fuel additives with EPA. EPA is not requiring the use or sale of E15. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Shares in General Motors begin NYSE trading under the ticker symbol “GM” on Thursday, after the automaker raised an estimated $20.1 The successful sale offers a partial exit for the Obama administration after its unpopular $50-billion bailout.The government part of the share sale amounts to 23.9 percent, rising to a possible 27.5

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MARCH 15, 2012

Now available at selected Chevy dealers in all 50 states, the 2012 Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car has become the favorite automotive whipping boy of politicians and commentators who don't like electric cars, General Motors, and/or the Obama White House's support for plug-in vehicles.

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APRIL 30, 2009

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars.

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MAY 1, 2013

General Motors is the first automaker among 40 major US companies to sign a “ Climate Declaration ,” collectively asserting that responding to climate change is good business. In March, GM CEO Dan Akerson called on President Obama to appoint a Blue Ribbon Commission to develop a 30-year policy framework for energy security.

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MARCH 13, 2016

Specific subtopics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Drive unit optimization (engine, motors, power electronics). President Obama and President Xi Jinping announced a renewal and expansion of the CERC in November 2014. Hybrid electric powertrains. Energy storage systems. Regenerative braking. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Sergio Marchionne, the head of the Chrysler Group and Fiat Motors, has never been a fan of hybrid electric or pure electric vehicles.

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APRIL 10, 2009

President Barack Obama announced that the US General Services Administration (GSA) will spend $285 million provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to buy about 17,600 new, fuel-efficient vehicles produced by US auto companies by 1 June. This includes the purchase of 2,500 hybrid sedans that will be ordered by 15 April.

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APRIL 17, 2015

The agreement, between Ford Motor Company, Ford Global Technologies and DowAksa (a 50/50 joint venture between The Dow Chemical Company and Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Ş.) Earlier post.). The agreement also includes a pathway for potential extension of development collaboration into a commercial manufacturing partnership.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The bill, which still must be reconciled with a Senate bill before facing President Obama, also stipulates that the DOE reconsider applications that were rejected based on not qualifying as an automobile. After all, isn’t that what President Obama intended with his energy independence program and support for high technology companies? —XP

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

GSA, along with all Federal agencies, has been tasked by President Barack Obama in a recent Executive Order to set and meet specific targets for increased energy efficiency, a 30% reduction in fleet petroleum consumption, and reduced emissions by 2020. Earlier post.). 6 – 8 hour battery charge, achieved via a simple 220 volt outlet.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun the process of reconsidering its decision denying California the waiver required to set standards controlling greenhouse gases from motor vehicles. On 26 January 2009, President Barack Obama requested that EPA revisit the matter of the denial. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

President Obama and President Hu Jintao formally announced the establishment of the CERC during the President’s trip to Beijing last November. The consortium will focus on vehicle electrification. The $25 million in US government funding will be used to support work conducted by US institutions and individuals only.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2009

is considering building a battery plant in the US or Europe and will look into the possibility of funding from the economic stimulus package proposed by President Barack Obama. On Monday, Tanfield announced a deal with Ford Motor Co. Lithium-ion battery company Valence Technology Inc. to produce electric vehicles for North America.

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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. On-board chargers.

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