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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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President Obama announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 Headquarters: Phoenix, AZ Manufacturing: Phoenix, AZ and Northern California Deployment: Portland, Salem, Eugene and Corvallis, OR; Seattle, WA; San Diego, CA; Phoenix and Tucson, AZ; Nashville, Chattanooga, and Knoxville, TN.

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$50M Battery500 consortium targeting battery pack with specific energy of 500 Wh/kg

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University of California, San Diego. Beyond PNNL, the consortium includes the following partners: Brookhaven National Laboratory. Idaho National Laboratory. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Binghamton University (State University of New York). Stanford University. University of Texas at Austin. University of Washington.

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Obama Administration launches series of actions to accelerate EV adoption; inc. $4.5B in loan guarantees, pursuing 350 kW fast charge

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Battery costs exceeded $500/kWh when President Obama launched his EV Everywhere Grand Challenge goal of making EVs that are as affordable and convenient for the American family as gasoline-powered vehicles, and low-cost, high performance batteries are a key component of the strategy to attain the President’s goal. University of Washington.

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Obama outlines plans for high-speed rail system

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With the promise that he will scrutinise how every dollar is spent as the US bids to stage an economic recovery, President Barack Obama has released a strategic vision for a high-speed passenger rail system in the US. The ten corridors outlined for potential funding are: - California Corridor (Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego).

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Bring on the EV Trucks

Revenge of the Electric Car

Along with Tedd Abramson’s Zero Truck in San Diego and Smith Trucks in London, we now have EVI (I keep wanting to write that as EV1:~). The more the merrier, the market for these is going to explode soon with Obama’s stimulation plan, and its tax of $7,500 to $15,000 for electric trucks.

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Fuel cells to get fresh push

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Yet all that changed this week as a dozen fuel cells made their way from San Diego to British Columbia on a road show tour sponsored by the California Fuel Cell Partnership. Honda is currently leasing seven of its Clarity fuel cell cars to customers in the Los Angeles area but otherwise few are in customers’ hands.

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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

Creative Greenius

That’s right my friends, while others are cutting back, downsizing, slowing down and pulling back, your Creative Greenius is not only Ready to Go, I’m already going, baby, and I’m moving at Obama speed.

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