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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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2010

But it’s even better news for the health of our South Bay communities – not just for the obesity-fighting exercise that people on bicycles are going to be getting, but just as importantly, for the cleaner air we’re going to get to breathe thanks to people using pollution-free bicycle transportation instead of driving their cars.

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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 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

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

MAY 25, 2010

Tags: Global warming Green cars Green credentials Latest news California Air Resources Board Environmental Protection Agency EPA fuel economy standards greenhouse gas emission standards Mary Nichols National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA President Barack Obama President Obama.

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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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Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 10, 2006

must not be 'hostage' to foreign oil February 20, 2006 MIT researchers invent new hybrid car battery February 7, 2006 Re-thinking the world's economic future February 7, 2006 100-M.P.G. Cars: It's a Start February 5, 2006 Cities to seek plug-in hybrids Janurary 24, 2006 Coalition Turns On to 'Plug-In Hybrids' January 26, 2006 More News

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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

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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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

With President Obama and the rest of the leaders of the world’s biggest polluting nations kicking the ball down the field on climate change and effectively pulling the rug out from under all of us who have been targeting the Copenhagen climate talks as the moment we must seize, our response must recognize the obvious.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

In 2018 he was in the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation ’s Leaders Africa program. president Barack Obama, the leadership program is for those from Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe who are working to improve public, private, and civic development through grassroots action. Established by former U.S.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama. Alexander Mahmoud/Nobel Media The Nobel Prize and other accolades During his 70-year career, Goodenough received numerous awards. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he received the 2011 U.S.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Tags: Global warming Green credentials Latest news Clean Air Act climate change Congressional Review Act of 1996 Congressman Collin Peterson Congressman Ike Skelton Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson Environmental Protection Agency EPA greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases threaten human health joint resolution National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (..)

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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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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

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

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

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

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Tags: Global warming Green credentials Latest news climate change meeting Climate change summit COP15 Copenhagen Copenhagen Accord Copenhagen meeting: what was achieved emission levels emission targets Green cars greenhouse gas emissions President Barack Obama.

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Green Cars News

MAY 24, 2009

President Barack Obama’s national fuel efficiency standards in the USA have come in for criticism in The Wall Street Journal where a columnist points out that there could be severe costs in terms of urban air pollution and human life. Most people know about the positive effects of developing greener, lighter cars.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 19, 2010

On Friday, HR 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorisation and Job Creation Act of 2010, was signed by US President Barack Obama. It includes a number of provisions related to fuels. Firstly, the bill will extend the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit through 2011 at the existing rate of $0.45/gallon.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Two of the world’s super powers have united as US President Barack Obama and China President Hu Jintao announced a package of seven measures to strengthen co-operation between the countries on clean energy. US-China Electric Vehicle Forum.

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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

JULY 2, 2009

The news comes on the back of President Barack Obama’s decision to announce a national policy of two harmonised standards - one for increasing fuel economy and the second for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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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

MARCH 31, 2011

A new government initiative announced yesterday by President Barack Obama will see all US federal vehicle purchases powered by alternative fuel by 2015. The plan is part of a goal to cut oil imports to the US by one-third over 10 years, according to The Federal Times.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

President Barack Obama described him as "brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. Media News Group/Getty Images. Jobs had amazing vision. He foresaw what the future of technology could—and should—be. And, crucially, he brought that vision to fruition.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

President Barack Obama gives me and many of us a reason to believe again through not only his recognition of the threat and its urgency , but also through the people he’s put in place to respond and the programs he is introducing. Maybe they don’t have the bandwidth to cover that kind of news anymore.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

Though President Barack Obama is planning to increase investment in a number of areas relating to green cars in his fiscal year 2010 $26.4billion budget, he will also scale back in a number of areas including moving away from funding vehicular hydrogen fuel cell technologies.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 25, 2010

From the article: After being sucker-punched first by the recession and then by the closure earlier this year of the NUMMI plant with its nearly 5,000 auto-worker jobs, the Bay Area’s fourth-largest city is suddenly coming to — buoyed by last week’s news that electric-car maker Tesla will jump-start NUMMI. plant shut down April 1.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

He sent the story to KFWB News 980 and to President-elect Barack Obama. Tags: Production News EV Events Inside Track Who Killed the Electric Car. After the press conference at the GM Training Center Mr Holden went to City Hall to conduct more interviews and to speak to elected officials.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative , a US $100 million research effort announced by President Barack Obama in 2013. Critics say that news reports like those in the South China Morning Post vastly overstate the current technology’s capabilities, potentially causing hysteria.

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Plug in America

MARCH 25, 2022

It all started with President Barack Obama and as DEED begins, we’re taking the opportunity to briefly revisit the tale, with a related nod to the mother of climate change policy, as former Sen. ” The bad news is that our application wasn’t accepted. But how did NDEW come about? Fran Pavley is well known.

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2009

He believes that Ford is leading the way in making quality, fuel efficient green vehicles after President Barack Obama’s administration dedicated $5.9billion to Ford in a government-industry partnership to build green cars. According to Sarnoff, once he got behind the wheel of the Fusion Hybrid, he knew he had to make the switch.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 18, 2009

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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