Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008).

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

Veteran automakers, oil companies, and federal and state governments have been both the prime movers and obstacles to plug-in cars in the past and they remain so today. President Obama has stated a commitment to 1 million plug-in cars by 2015. The open question is what forces will drive the process and therefore at what pace.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Last week, the Obama administration announced new fuel economy standards for automobiles that provides some incentives for electric cars. On the national level, the Obama administration has set the goal of 1 million plug-in hybrids on U.S. billion in stimulus grants to the industry. roads by 2015 and has provided $2.4

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 25, 2010

And as if on cue, the White House announced last week that President Barack Obama on Wednesday will visit Solyndra. The company received a $535 million federal loan guarantee for construction of a manufacturing plant, a massive structure now rising beside Interstate 880.

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Green Cars News

MAY 1, 2009

A key goal of the Obama administration is to have one million ‘PHEVs’ or a fully electric vehicle on the road by 2015. Investors, entrepreneurs, policy makers, car companies large and small, supplies, utilities, analysts and demand response aggregators will convene to map out and deploy the electric mobility industry of tomorrow.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

MAY 17, 2010

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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Here we are four months later: GM is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy , and its turnaround plan — which gave the Chevy Volt a central role – has gotten a less-than-rave review from the Obama administration. He called for steppe… Will Solar Save Chip Companies? phones and mobile devices.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2009

As March came to a close, the Obama administration found GM and Chrysler’s restructuring plans “not viable.” GM CEO Rick Waggoner was pushed out and the company got sixty days to get its act together. Obama should take extraordinary steps to empower the electric upstarts to prove their mettle. Here's my April column.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

And the same people who lapped that stuff up like the mindless minions they are, today use words like “socialist&# to describe President Obama and they nod along like bobble heads to every word of Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. “…his company estimates that the average cost of saving a kilowatt-hour through efficiency is 1.7

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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. About $750 million is needed for near-term Volt development, according to the company.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

Department of Energys Transportation Electrification stimulus program for a federal grant that would enable a nationwide demonstration fleet with the United States Postal Service (USPS) * Potential partnership with USPS to include infrastructure support from ConEd, Duke Energy, DTE Energy and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Washington, D.C.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Early Days in the Obama Administration An Address I'd Like to Hear Global Warming Solutions Included in Transportatio. 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.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

“If any energy company ignores the long-term impact on future fossil-fuel-backed energy sales, they will be in for a shock.&# So how do energy companies cope with such upheaval? “It took a company from a completely different sector to step in and take control of things ? . but not all of it.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

In an agreement between Nissan and the city of Seattle, the automaker says it intends to sell the cars in the Seattle area and work with government and other organizations and companies on a plan to promote the cars and creation of a network of charging facilities. Nissan plans to roll out the car in 12 to 15 markets next year, Perry said.

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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. While it’s sad but true that the entire gang in Sacramento can no longer figure out how to make California work, President Obama and his “Yes I Can&# team do know what they’re doing.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The announcement of the new awards comes a day after high-profile solar company Solyndra, which had received a $535-million Federal loan guarantee under the Obama Administration’s stimulus program, ceased operations, laid off its 1,110 workers and filed for bankruptcy. — Washington Post , 1 Sep 2011.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

It also gives a boost to Japanese solar energy companies, who have lost ground this decade to competitors in other countries.) Thats the kind of incentive that tends to invite new entrants to the field, and indeed, Michigan has seen new ventures springing up from local and global companies.

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