Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

will provide electric vehicle (EV) charging stations ( earlier post ) at select US stores of electronics retailer Best Buy Co., The project is funded by the US Department of Energy through a federal stimulus grant of $114.8 ECOtality, Inc. Phoenix, Ariz.; Los Angeles, Calif.; San Diego, Calif. and Seattle, Wash.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2009

The report’s authors, Max von Bismarck and Anuradha Gurung from the World Economic Forum, and Chris Greenwood and Michael Liebreich from New Energy Finance, argue that “ enormous investment in energy infrastructure is required to address the twin threats of energy insecurity and climate change.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008). Eight months ago.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Our research has shown that 50 percent or more of global electricity demands can be delivered by renewable energy if—but only if—renewable energy is implemented in tandem with energy efficiency. —Alexander Ochs, director of Worldwatch’s Climate & Energy program.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. In Germany, renewable electricity generation will be 35 percent by 2020, and 50 percent by 2050. Why then do we not have the same clarity of goal for the electricity generating industry here in the USA? Source: EIA.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2009

Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. Czech utility CEZ Group increased biomass electricity production to 327 gigawatts per hour (GWh) last year, up 33%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

In March 2020, the IEA urged governments to put clean energy at the heart of their economic stimulus plans to ensure a sustainable recovery. The record increase in sales of electric vehicles is insufficient to offset the growth in emissions caused by the uptick in road traffic around the world, IEA said.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 31, 2009

I bring a passion that’s driven by my sense of urgency over our climate change crisis. SBESC's Marilyn Lyon talks about Federal Stimulus Funding / photo (c) Debra Bushweit Galliani. We also learned from Marilyn Lyon that Federal Stimulus money will be coming L.A. But I also bring something more on top of all that.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. The fact is, we’ve never come anywhere near cutting emissions five percent in a single year in a period of economic stability—and yet, in order to meet our climate goal by 2030, we have to.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

Late last week it raised its full-year profit forecast on the hope that green stimulus efforts around the world will push consumers to offload older vehicles in favour of newer, more eco-friendly alternatives. Late last week Japanese automotive giant Nissan unveiled its first production ready electric car – the Nissan LEAF (pictured).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We noted in December that the Society of Automotive Engineers, or SAE, was working to update standards for the interface between plug-in electric cars and the grid, and planned to agree on a set within months. And for this ecosystem to be robust, there must be commonality, especially when owners are plugging into the electrical grid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

drivers, may also developplug-in electric models as U.S. are rushing out cars that can be recharged at electrical outletsas the U.S. in Japan’s Kyoto prefecture to make packsfor gasoline-electric hybrid cars. Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. ,

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

Ed Kjaer, the director of electric transportation for Southern California Edison, demonstrates how the Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle or MiEV plugs into their Garage of the Future at their Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona on Thursday, January 22, 2009. Photo by Eric Tom). By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. In nearby Silicon Valley, companies are ordering workplace charging stations in the belief that their employees will be first in line when electric cars begin arriving in showrooms. Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. Photo by Jim Wilson, New York Times.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The study—“A portfolio of powertrains for Europe: a fact-based analysis”—compares the economics, sustainability and performance of fuel cell, battery-electric, hybrid-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in achieving the decarbonization goal.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

We’ve since ratcheted down the electric use here at my home and in my office and studio watt by watt until we hit our new all time low just last month as we used just 357 kWh which cost us $46.24. Our daily use of electricity during this two year period has gone from 22.55 And two years ago we used 654 kWh which cost us $117.89.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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. . report titled, “The Comeback of the Electric Car? and Chrysler. .’s

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

If you’ve followed The Adventures of the Solagnelist thus far you know that I am seriously jonesing to generate all my electricity from my own rooftop solar power. Seems like a perfect use for some stimulus money, don’t it? The Greenius Plan To Spread Rooftop Solar Faster Then The Common Cold.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission , which regulates interstate transmission of electricity, is on board with the idea.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. BYDs breakthrough all-electric E6, photographed at this years Detroit auto show. " 0:00 / 3:23 Buffett eyes electric cars Coming from Munger, that meant a lot. tech industry during the 1990s.

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EV Life

JUNE 10, 2020

At EV Life, we connect people with opportunities to build a safer, more sustainable world, starting with electric cars. If we want to preserve clean air, reverse climate change, and build a safer, more sustainable world, we know one thing is true: Your next car needs to be electric.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Here we go again.or

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

My sojourn from grease monkey to EV advocate By TERESA PORTER; PRESIDENT, HEART OF TEXAS ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. I’m probably the last person you’d expect to be passionate about electric vehicles (EVs). Most folks don’t care about air quality, and roll their eyes if you even hint at climate change.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

President Obama Steps Up To Save The Economy & The Climate While Republicans No Longer Relevant. Fortunately for all of us, climate change guru, Joe Romm of Climate Progress, has already done the heavy lifting and outlined just how green and positive this new bill is. Read: Here’s What’s Green In It.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GigaOM Network: GigaOM | Earth2Tech | jkOnTheRun | NewTeeVee | OStatic | TheAppleBlog | WebWorkerDaily | Jobs Live Events | About | Contact Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon? While the Model S is in the concept phase of development, rapid charging represents a very real focus for battery developers and electric car makers.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

PT Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year By AUBREY COHEN SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Seattle will be one of the first cities where Nissan sells a new electric car, and the city will help make the vehicles viable here, officials from the city and auto maker said Tuesday. Hats off to Nissan.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 25, 2009

The treasure chest was cleverly disguised in the form of Federal stimulus money from the ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Here at my home we’ve cut our electrical bill more than in half. We can’t wait to go solar so we’re we can stop paying the electric company for dirty energy. Imagine that.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

These projects will develop electronics and build smarter, more interactive systems and components so that solar energy can be integrated into the electric power distribution and transmission grid at higher levels. And is President Obama using stimulus funds to reward his political contributors? — LA Times , 2 Sep 2011.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 10, 2009

AB 920 + AB 811 = Solar Powered Electric Cars & PV Powered Charging Stations. My vision makes us the world leader in the new electric transportation future that is destined to replace gasoline-powered transportation – the one that Asia is currently on course to lead. We can take that lead if we want it. And the county of L.A.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 16, 2009

He’s been on the ground running the City of Palm Desert’s Energy Independence Program since it launched as the Set To Save program in January of 2007 and he’s got his city on track to save the 30% of electricity and natural gas he’s in charge of reducing by 2011. I wish he had twice the amount of time allotted.

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

It’s clear electric cars were on the rise up until the outbreak, but how is the current situation with full-scale lockdowns around the world affecting this trend now? However, despite all the concerns about the future of electric cars, EVs have shown significant resilience in the past few months, even in the face of the pandemic.

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