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Will Obama’s billions jumpstart the electric car? The Green Piece

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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 Who will benefit? Our verdict.

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The Race to Plug-In Hybrids Is On

Green Cars News

The new administration’s stimulus package allots $2B for advanced batteries, $300M for federal and states fleets to buy new clean fuel vehicles and $7,500 tax rebate for PHEV, with yet more money in the Auto-Industry Re-tooling fund. No on has a lock on this future; everything is up for grabs.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

billion invested in 180 green-technology companies. billion invested in 180 green-technology companies worldwide in the first quarter of 2010, according to a study by the Cleantech Group and Deloitte. Bob Lutz, the outgoing vice chairman of GM, has said the company will produce about 8,000 Chevy Volts in 2011. percent of $1.9

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J.D. Power, LMC: new vehicle sales in US slide again, 6th time this year

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While the presidential election had the potential to disrupt vehicle sales in the first half of the month, in reality, the impact was minimal, the companies said. However, these results are being driven in part by elevated incentive levels, which represent a meaningful risk to the long-term health of the auto industry.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. Mr. Agassi was an executive at SAP that lead the software company to being the enterprise software leader ahead of Oracle, IBM, and all others. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

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France’s auto industry is probably the largest Western auto industry that goes completely under the radar in the US. Fortunately, unlike some CEOs and company boards…. I finally got hold of reported total bus fleets and bus replacement rates in Europe. Domestic market not shabby either.

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