Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Global energy intensity—defined as total energy consumption divided by gross world product—increased 1.35% in 2010, the second year of increases in the context of a broader trend of decline over the last 30 years, according to a new Vital Signs Online article from the Worldwatch Institute.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Annual investment in the global renewables industry had grown from $16.5

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

With few of us having the cash or credit to buy an expensive new addition, the bottom seems to have fallen out of the automotive industry which has been plunged into crisis. With the Nissan LEAF still around a year away from hitting the streets, Mitsubishi has stolen a march on its rival by introducing the i-MiEV in Japan (see article ).

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. This is the game-changer for our industry,” said Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s president and chief executive.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

Here’s the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. The economic stimulus package currently before Congress could include incentives for both buyers of electric vehicles and electric vehicle battery manufacturers. “The auto industry is aligned, the public is aligned, even the president is aligned.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. and Chrysler. Whatever B.C.G.’s April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

“Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel. The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia.

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