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It's Official: Aptera 2e And Other Three-Wheelers Are Cars Now

Green Car Reports

Once President Barack Obama signs the measure, a vehicle with only three wheels can--for the purpose of allocating Department of Energy funds for its Advanced. By voting 80 to 17 to approve a compromise bill allocating $33.5 billion to fund energy and water projects, the U.S. Senate yesterday also redefined what qualifies as an "automobile".

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New Automotive Technology Companies Struggle for Recognition in DC

Green Car Congress

Aptera’s application for $75 million from the DOE’s ATVM loan program has sparked a debate not only over whether or not to recognize a 3-wheeler (i.e., After all, isn’t that what President Obama intended with his energy independence program and support for high technology companies? —XP Wall Street Journal. A hat-tip to Joe!).

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. Tags: EV Economics Obama Energy Production News Nissan Leaf. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News.

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Goodbye GM, Hello Tianjin-Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company?

Plugs and Cars

As March came to a close, the Obama administration found GM and Chrysler’s restructuring plans “not viable.” Obama should take extraordinary steps to empower the electric upstarts to prove their mettle. I write a monthly column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. Here's my April column.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

AutoblogGreen bloggers (30 days) # Blogger Posts Cmts 1 Jeremy Korzeniewski 123 4 2 Sebastian Blanco 111 11 3 Sam Abuelsamid 107 9 4 Domenick Yoney 32 0 5 Xavier Navarro 21 0 6 Jonathon Ramsey 1 0 7 Gary Witzenburg 1 0 8 Chris Paukert 1 0 Most Commented On (7 days) Obama outlines high-speed rail plan for U.S. (61) a key Randy C.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Do the simple math, Obama (ho,ho) and learn just how stupid thou really art.

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