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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

The fight over how to fairly implement EV charging networks in Minnesota is another example of the tricky politics PUCs are involved with. Public opposition to wind turbine projects is growing in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio as well. For instance, seven years ago, California passed a state law streamlining EV charging-station permitting.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. They evolved as awareness expands and interest grew, and as OEMs got more pointed questions from journalists and customers -- increasingly joined by CEOs, elected officials.

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

Baua Electric

Trump hasn’t had a well-defined platform—then or now—regarding clean energy, transportation, or the auto industry in the same way as President Joe Biden (or, by extension, Vice President and current presidential candidate Kamala Harris). First, let’s take a look at how Trump policy affected the auto industry in the previous term.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

The Truth About Cars

Back then, it was a coalition of Blue states suing the Trump administration when California led the charge.& & “Today the court sided with common sense and public health against the fossil fuel industry and Republican-led states. We won’t stop fighting to protect our communities from pollution and the climate crisis.”

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