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Congress tasked the Department of Energy last fall with helping automakers move away from traditional vehicles to eco-friendly models with the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program. The Department received applications from OEMs, automakers and other companies hoping to lead America’s next generation of automobiles. President Obama announced the initial round of recipients for the program’s conditional loans last week with $8 billion loaned from the allocated $25 billion. The winners ...

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Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) developed the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454) to deal primarily with greenhouse emissions from passenger vehicles. This bill, currently making the rounds through the House of Representatives, extends the federal government’s commitment to lowering emissions through alternative fuels and electrification. Waxman and Markey led markups of HR 2454 starting on May 18 with the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global ...

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President Barack Obama continued his efforts to encourage efficient and eco-friendly vehicles in the United States with last week’s announcement on fuel mileage and emissions. Obama announced plans for a minimum miles per gallon (MPG) rating of 35.5 MPG for every car, truck and SUV sold in the United States by 2016. This average rating takes into account a 39 MPG rating for cars and a 30 MPG rating on light-duty trucks and ...

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A trio of House members introduced a bill on April 1st that would accelerate the transition nationwide from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to CNG vehicles. Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK), Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) co-sponsored the New Alternative Transportation to Give American Solutions (NAT GAS) Act or HR 1835 to demonstrate bipartisan support for alternative fuels. HR 1835 was referred to the House Science ...


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When it comes to public transport, the US has always had a problem. The nation is just so big that many cross-country attempts as train and bus services end up operating below-par, but another aspect of Obama’s proposed stimulus package addresses even this, by giving $8 billion to high-speed rail investment projects aimed at building a network of transnational ...

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White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was blind sided last week by a quote from Transportation Secretary’s Ray LaHood regarding a shift to vehicle mileage taxes (VMTs) to fund highway projects. Gibbs unequivocally shot down LaHood’s suggestion that VMTs could replace gas taxes in keeping highways paved from coast to coast. LaHood represents the traditional view of American transportation going back to the Eisenhower administration, placing full focus on highways as the ...


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Geoff Hoon, the head of England’s Department of Transport, took the floor of the House of Commons to speak about new transportation initiatives last week. Mr. Hoon’s announced the government’s intent to spend 250 million pounds to promote the use of ultra-low carbon vehicles in Great Britain. Hoon did not provide details about the mechanisms for delivering these incentives. This funding would supplement an existing 100-million pound program that is developing and ...


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In the past few days American President Barack Obama has made a number of daring, and quite frankly refreshing political moves. From his interview on al-Arabia television to his freezing of federal rules that may benefit the gray wolf, to his support of California’s wish to set its own automobile emissions standards, it appears the new president in on the right track when it comes to environmental protection. 
Fourteen states, including California and New York have looked to adopt stricter automobile ...
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As the leading manufacturer of lithium-ion auto batteries in the United States, Ener1 and its subsidiary EnerDel stand to profit from an increased turn to hybrid vehicles. The Department of Energy and an unnamed OEM have decided to partner with EnerDel in an effort to increase lithium-ion battery production. This partnership will be funded by the DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (80% of $1.25 million) with a minority stake ...


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The drive along Interstate 65 from Gary, Indiana to Mobile, Alabama will be friendlier to biofuel proponents after the completion of a $1.3 million infrastructure project. This project ensures that truckers and families driving biofuel vehicles will be able to stop along I-65 to get refills. The Department of Energy and state clean fuel coalitions have dubbed Interstate 65 “America’s First Biofuels Corridor.”

The impetus for this massive biofuels project was the absence of a single E-85 station on Interstate 65 prior to 2006. The Department of Energy worked with state ...



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