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Obama Administration launches $200M competition for three new manufacturing innovation institutes; WBG power electronics, lightweight metals and digital manufacturing

Green Car Congress

The Obama Administration is launching competitions to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes with a Federal commitment of $200 million across five Federal agencies: Defense, Energy, Commerce, NASA, and the National Science Foundation. Earlier post.). —DE-FOA-0000683. Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing.

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Greenius Says The Congresswoman Gets It. Harman Calls Lack of Bold or Binding Agreement to Cap GHG Emissions in Copenhagen, “Stunning.”

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“ Though President Obama’s personal intervention at Copenhagen salvaged a modest non-binding agreement among major polluter nations, he acknowledged that much remains to be done at the international and national levels.

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Electric Powered.Jerry Asher's Spirit of DC travels promote vehicles of the future

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Electric Powered Jerry Asher's Spirit of DC travels promote vehicles of the future By Gary Dickson -- Record-Bee Publisher LAKEPORT - Jerry Asher drove into Lakeport on Thursday, November 20. He is touring America with the Spirit of DC, a plug-in hybrid electric Toyota Prius. Asher said the DC on the car can be as in Washington, D.C.,

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

President Obama has stated a commitment to 1 million plug-in cars by 2015. As high officials of CalEPA and CARB got wind of Chu’s analysis of H2 and FCVs, they reportedly went to DC and lobbied furiously if unsuccessfully to pull him back. In the past industry ultimately called the shots. Will we get our money’s worth?

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Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

Creative Greenius

For those of you who aren’t boarding the ClueTrain on this issue, just connect the dots between this strategic move on the part of the Obama administration and the opening of the Copenhagen Climate Talks. We’re going to be plugging in our next cars and generating our own electricity from solar, wind and geothermal.

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Audi banking on Gen 2 3.0L TDI diesel for US sales; calls for a “fair shot” for diesel

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Our challenge, well, President Obama in one policy statement after another has advocated for an all of the above strategy when it comes to sustainable mobility. The course was primarily in the Virginia countryside—not a challenging terrain, but with rolling hills, some winding curves, and a few small towns. Click to enlarge.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

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In the US, President Obama declared an American goal of putting one million EVs on the road by 2015. Larger shares of grid-connected intermittent renewable energy resources, such as wind and solar power, have been driven by electric sector renewable energy policies and the falling costs of generating technology.

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