Remove tag Government
article thumbnail

DOE to Award $25M to Two Consortia for US-China Clean Energy Research with Combined Funding of $100M; Focus on EVs and Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award two consortia—one led by the University of Michigan and one led by the West Virginia University—a total of $25 million over the next five years under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC). Chinese partners will be announced in the coming months by the Chinese government.

article thumbnail

Nikkei Editorial Urges Japan to Match US, China EV Moves

Green Car Congress

One is the tough new fuel economy rules the US administration of President Barack Obama will introduce in 2012.The The second reason for the heightened focus on electric cars is China’s move to promote them. Tags: Brief.

Japan 218
article thumbnail

US DOE Making $37.5M Available for Joint US-China Clean Energy Research; Buildings, Coal and Vehicles

Green Car Congress

million in US funding over the next five years to support the US-China Clean Energy Research Center. The Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) will be located in existing facilities in both the US and China and will include an additional $75 million in Chinese funding. Tags: Brief.

Coal 186
article thumbnail

Report: China to Introduce New-Energy Vehicle Regulations in 2010

Green Car Congress

Regulations on the development of “new energy” vehicles have been submitted to China’s State Council for approval and are expected to be officially in effect in March 2010, according to a report in Gasgoo citing the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).the billion and 0.9

2010 210
article thumbnail

US and China Presidents Announce US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative, Six Other Measures to Strengthen Cooperation Between the Countries on Energy Issues

Green Car Congress

The US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative builds on the first-ever US-China Electric Vehicle Forum in September 2009. A US-China task force will create a multi-year roadmap to identify R&D needs as well as issues related to the manufacture, introduction and use of electric vehicles. Joint technical roadmap.

China 281
article thumbnail

GE and CPECC Sign Agreements with USTDA to Advance Commercial Scale IGCC in China

Green Car Congress

This follows the memorandum of understanding signed between CPECC and USTDA in November as part of the US-China Clean Energy Announcements made by President Obama and President Hu in November 2009. GE’s gasification technology is one of the most widely applied technologies of its kind in China, with more than 40 licensed facilities.

article thumbnail

When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Yet in the United States and China, automakers’ caution, weak price. Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market?

China 133