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President Obama Awards $2.3B for Tax Credits for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs; GE Gets Largest Battery-related Award

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President Obama announced the award of $2.3 billion in Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for clean energy manufacturing projects across the United States. The 183 projects in 43 states include several for the manufacturing of advanced batteries; biomass projects; and vehicles.

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GM to Boost Volt US Production Capacity by 50% to 45,000 Units in 2012

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The announcement came as US President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced now for sale later this year. This week, participating Chevrolet dealers in launch markets began taking customer orders for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, following the release of retail and lease pricing.

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

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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. —John D.

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Goodbye GM, Hello Tianjin-Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company?

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As March came to a close, the Obama administration found GM and Chrysler’s restructuring plans “not viable.” Obama should take extraordinary steps to empower the electric upstarts to prove their mettle. I write a monthly column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. Here's my April column.

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Obama Tilts to CIA on Memos 1. Obama Calls for Simpler Tax Code 185 comments 2. Opinion: Glenn Harlan Reynolds: Tax Day Becomes Protest Day 2. Hong Kong Joins Global Ark Regatta 3. AT&T Chief Presses for iPhone Subscriber Content Read Preview 4. Highflying Financier Faces Questions 5. Pirates Vs. the Rest of Us 2. Senator Al Franken?

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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More from Fortune Obama exclusive: Business needs to work with me 28 top companies: Theyre hiring! More Most Popular Most Read Most Commented Editors Picks Obama: How to get business going More Is it time to buy American Express? Can Motown catch up to the rest of the world? More Andy Grove is the co-founder and former CEO of Intel.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

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Breaking News Feed Chryslers first EV will be the Dodge Circuit Vectrix in trouble, may be for sale REPORT: Toyota claims 40,000 pre-orders for new Prius Cadillac Converj reportedly approved for production *UPDATED New York 2009: Mitsubishi confirms i-MiEV will come to U.S. Follow us on Twitter! gallon Speculawyer on DOE announces $41.9