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New US Poll Finds 74% of Likely Voters Favor 60 MPG Fuel Economy Standard by 2025

Green Car Congress

A new national poll of likely voters conducted by the Mellman Group found that 74% of likely voters favor having “ the federal government require the auto industry to increase average fuel efficiency…to 60 miles per gallon by the year 2025.” Overall, 51% of respondents view Obama favorably, 44% unfavorably.

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Tata Harrier, Sierra, Avinya Concepts Promise To Light Up India’s BEV Market

CleanTechnica EVs

India’s electric car sector is now starting to show signs of life after the slow start compared to other markets, given how large India’s auto industry is. However, the electric car sector has been pretty slow. About 4 million cars across all drivetrains […].

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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

Green Car Congress

Negative reaction to the widely expected announcement was voluminous and vociferous: Ceres: “Rolling back the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and emissions standards will undermine the global competitiveness of the US auto industry. NRDC: “Backing off now is irresponsible and unwarranted.”. This decision takes the U.S.

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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

Green Car Congress

Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Cascade Sierra Solutions. billion investment, coupled with another $2.4 The new awards cover the following areas: $1.5

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DOE announces $1.7 billion in grants to convert facilities for EV production and support US auto workers – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Some folks fear that the transition to EVs will lead to major job losses in the auto industry—and not without reason, as EVs require different (and fewer) components than legacy ICE vehicles. To these ends, the US Department of Energy has established the Domestic Manufacturing Conversion Grant Program.

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Sales of hybrid cars increase in US

Green Cars News

After months of doom and gloom for the auto industry in the USA, there is finally a ray of hope courtesy of hybrid cars. GM hybrids currently include the Chevrolet Malibu, Saturn Aura and Saturn VUE BAS; as well as the Tahoe, Silverado, Sierra, Yukon and Cadillac Escalade two-mode hybrids. per cent year on year.

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Stellantis CEO struggles to sell Jeeps in the golden era of SUVs

Baua Electric

Ford’s F-Series deliveries also fell, though by just 8%, while GM increased sales of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra. The transition that we are going through is immensely challenging,” Tavares said, referring to the broader auto industry. This is a bump. There will be other bumps.

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