Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2010

The US Conference of Mayors adopted a resolution at its 78 th Annual Meeting calling on the Federal government to accelerate its support for natural gas vehicles. Tags: Brief. The resolution calls for the following specific initiatives: Enact the New Alternative to Give Americans Solutions (NAT GAS) Act (S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

By locating in Oregon, the company will be eligible, and intends to apply for, Business Energy Tax Credits from the Oregon Department of Energy for battery research and production. Securing government grants and tax credits will allow ReVolt to significantly accelerate its operations in Portland and US expansion, the company says.

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Zinc Air Tax Credit Companies Oregon 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Altering the existing ground transportation system—which represents more than a century of private investment and government regulation, “ requires an exceedingly careful and thorough planning process, to which this report seeks to make a helpful contribution.” Extend consumer tax credits for home charging equipment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2010

Fisher notes that significant funding and tax credits from governments around the world are likely to help jump-start the adoption of plug-in vehicles and related infrastructure projects, but the market’s ultimate success will be determined by consumers choosing to drive low- and zero-emission vehicles. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

The 5-seater electric Equinox is priced below $50,000 (after government tax credits). Tags: Brief. AMP unveiled the electric 2010 GM Chevrolet Equinox at the grand opening of its first showroom and US production headquarters in Cincinnati, OH on 24 February. Steve Burns, CEO of Advanced Mechanical Products.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2010

In Japan, for instance, the government has adopted a proposal to offer tax credits for hybrid vehicles. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Vehicle Manufacturers. The public perceives hybrid as a sign of eco-friendliness, despite the fact that diesel engines are often much more efficient.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

However, the team notes in the study, “PHEV marketplace penetration: An agent based simulation”, to achieve that level of penetration given the additional cost of the vehicles, subsidies in addition to the Federal tax credit already in place are critical. Tags: Hybrids Plug-ins Policy. to meet policy objectives. Sullivan et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Saft remains very focussed on its exciting medium term growth prospects, with high performance Li-ion batteries and is delighted that its projects have been chosen by the US Government to receive grants to build new factories in North America. million, including $100 million of investment-related, refundable tax credit.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Stephens also called for Federal, state, and local governments to enable the introduction of fuels from a variety of energy sources, and said that the US needed national goals for renewable and low-carbon fuels as well as excise tax credits and loan guarantees to mitigate early commercialization risk. Tom Stephens. Tom Stephens.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2009

In addition to the DOE award, Delphi has been offered support from the Indiana Economic Development Corporation through performance-based tax credits and training grants. The company also is finalizing a property tax abatement application with the City of Kokomo. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Power Electronics.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2010

Significant Federal incentives for early deployment of CCS are in place, including RD&D efforts to push CCS technology development, and market-pull mechanisms such as tax credits and loan guarantees. Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Coal. Report of the Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

A new Johnson Controls survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, finds that 88% of US adults believe the United States must become a leader in hybrid vehicles and 84% that the government should support the advancement of battery technology in this country. Tags: Brief.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

In the United States, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act expanded a $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric vehicles and included $2.4 The US government has also provided more than $8.5 The two governments are also actively engaging industry, academia, and civil society in advancing clean coal and CCS solutions.

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China Coal Electric Vehicles Energy 281

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Is tax equity dead? by Bill Cooke. Earlier post.). Cap and Trade Disappointment. What is the PTC and why does it matter?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

North Central Texas Council of Governments’ North Central Texas Alternative Fuel and Advanced Technology. Triangle J Council of Governments’ Carolinas Blue Skies & Green Jobs Initiative. San Bernardino Associated Governments’ J.B. Total DOE award: $13,195,000. Total DOE award: $12,980,000. Total DOE award: $12,633,080.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

costs, future regulatory fuel economy/GHG requirements, and government incentives for vehicle purchasers and owners such as the existing tax credits for EVs and PHEVs. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. EPA-HQ-OAR-0799 and/or NHTSA-2010-0131. Notice of Upcoming Joint Rulemaking.

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Fuel Economy EPA 2017 Economy 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

Last year people were able to get unleveraged tax equity financing to monetize the production tax credits at yields to the tax investor of 6-7%; this year tax equity investors are seeking yields ranging from 10-15% for leveraged tax equity transactions utilizing the investment tax credit that is now available under the Stimulus Bill.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

That will enable us in just ten years for $100 billion, much of which the federal government will get back, to cut US oil use in half, by seven million barrels a day. Right now, buyers of new plug-in cars get up to $7,500 in tax credits. Tags: Conversions Perspective Plug-ins. He’ll start with the oil catastrophe.

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Oil Conversion 2020 Oil-Sands 252

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

The warranty reduction would not impose added liability on GM or consumers, Sexton noted, because President Obama has said the federal government will guarantee the warranties of GM and Chrysler vehicles should they go bankrupt. Moreover, several states are implementing additional tax credits of up to $5,000 per vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2010

US Representatives Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and John Shimkus (R-IL) have introduced a bill in Congress—the Renewable Fuels Reinvestment Act (RFRA)—that would extend the $0.45 Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC), commonly called the blenders’ credit, and the secondary tariff on imported ethanol until 31 December 2015.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

The legislation would also modify the current tax credits to provide even greater incentive for state and municipal fleet managers to buy natural gas vehicles and engines. A new tax credit for auto manufacturers that produce natural gas and bi-fuel vehicles. Tags: Brief.

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Congress Gas Tax Credit Vehicles 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

5442 , the “Electric Vehicle Deployment Act of 2010,” which has been referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform; Science and Technology; Ways and Means; and Transportation and Infrastructure. Tags: Brief.

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