article thumbnail

New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

Green Car Congress

The bottom overall US states in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (42) Wisconsin (43) Indiana (44) Louisiana (45) Kentucky (46) Texas (47) Nebraska (48) Tennessee (49) Idaho (50) Arkansas (51) Alaska. This led to a proliferation of AC charging since DC charging had not yet been standardized. Methodology.

Europe 170
article thumbnail

Obama Administration to delay Keystone XL Pipeline decision to sometime in 2013

Green Car Congress

The US State Department today said that, “ particularly given the concentration of concerns regarding the environmental sensitivities of the current proposed route through the Sand Hills area of Nebraska ”, it needs to undertake an in-depth assessment of potential alternative routes in Nebraska.

Obama 210
article thumbnail

US State Department to issue Final EIS on Keystone XL pipeline in August; additional meetings in affected states

Green Car Congress

During September, the State Department will also host public meetings in the capitals of each of the six states through which the proposed pipeline would pass—Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas—with an additional meeting in the Sand Hills region in Nebraska and along the Gulf Coast near Port Arthur, Texas.

Oil-Sands 218
article thumbnail

US State Department to hold 6 additional public meetings on Keystone XL oil sands pipeline

Green Car Congress

During the first 30 days of this 90-day review period, the State Department plans to host public meetings in each of the five states through which the proposed pipeline would pass, namely Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. The State Department also plans to hold a public meeting in Washington, DC, during this time period.

Oil-Sands 186
article thumbnail

EV Readiness Index Study shows which U.S. States are most prepared for an electrified future

Teslarati

All fifty states, including Washington DC, were assessed. Nebraska – 11.00 – 1, 1, 1, 3 ,3. LeasePlan USA, a self-proclaimed “Car-as-a-Service” company, released the results of its EV Readiness Index study in the United States. Maryland – 11.25 – 2, 1, 1, 3, 3.

Future 103
article thumbnail

NIST Awards $123M in 12 Recovery Act Grants for New Research Facilities; Univ. of Ky CAER to Expand Capacitor and Battery Manufacturing Research with its $11.8M Award

Green Car Congress

million to the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (Lincoln, Neb.) million to Georgetown University (Washington, DC) for The Institute for Soft Matter Synthesis and Metrology; and. million to the University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) for a laboratory for advanced quantum science in the school’s new Physical Sciences Complex; $8.1

Grant 225
article thumbnail

"Spirit" at the Arches in Nebraska

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

(..)