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- PGE Jump-Starts Electric Vehicle Movement in Oregon
- Government Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cells Program Reinstated
- I Believe that the Future is Electric (by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom)
- Cleaner Low-Sulfur Marine Fuels Could Save 40,000 Lives Annually
- Nissan-Renault Planning up to Four Battery Plants in Europe
- Hyundai Enters the Hybrid Arena With Low Cost LPG Version of Elantra
| PGE Jump-Starts Electric Vehicle Movement in Oregon Posted: 08 Jul 2009 01:24 PM PDT
Editor’s Note: This is a guest contribution by Elaina Medina of Portland General Electric. We are anticipating a large turnout at this year's "EV Awareness Day" on Saturday, July 11, at Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland, Ore. Portland General Electric is proud to sponsor this annual event hosted by the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association. The PGE team will be on hand to show off its new PGE plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and talk to attendees about our network of more than a dozen charging stations we are installing across the Portland-metro area and Salem. |
| Government Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cells Program Reinstated Posted: 08 Jul 2009 12:07 PM PDT
Just this morning, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water approved $190 million for the hydrogen and fuel cell program office which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). This action, in effect, restores the program to current year funding levels. Earlier this year, the administration demonstrated its lack of support for the future of hydrogen by pulling programs for hydrogen and fuel cell development. In addition, another $54 million was approved for the SECA program. The full appropriations committee meets tomorrow. This funding is for 2010. “Congress recognized and embraced the role hydrogen fuels cells and their fuels play in the portfolio of energy technologies for the 21st century,” said Bob Rose, Executive Director for the U.S. Fuel Cell Council. “We hope that the Secretary of Energy (Steven Chu) and his staff embrace this as a spirit of goodwill.” |
| I Believe that the Future is Electric (by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom) Posted: 08 Jul 2009 10:08 AM PDT This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post. Hi, I’m Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco, and I'd like to welcome you to the electric vehicle challenge being hosted by Gas 2.0. Our city has long been at the forefront of sustainability, and we now turn our focus to one of our biggest challenges: transportation. I believe that the future is electric, and as Mayor I hope to make San Francisco the epicenter of electric vehicle technology. To that end, we have already established a 9-point policy plan for electric vehicle infrastructure, though our efforts to advance electric vehicles are not limited to San Francisco. We've engaged the entire Bay Area, a region of 7.3 million people, to make our region the cornerstone of the coming market for EVs. Not just governments, but key companies, business associations, policy advocates, and international car and EV infrastructure companies are all working together to make the San Francisco Bay Area the EV Capital of the U.S. |
| Cleaner Low-Sulfur Marine Fuels Could Save 40,000 Lives Annually Posted: 08 Jul 2009 10:00 AM PDT
Researchers writing in the journal Environmental Science and Technology have concluded that unless new low-sulfur standards are adopted for the ubiquitous marine fuels used worldwide to get that Barbie from China to your doorstep, 40,000 needless premature human deaths may occur each year due to the harmful emissions caused by high sulfur fuels. |
| Nissan-Renault Planning up to Four Battery Plants in Europe Posted: 08 Jul 2009 09:41 AM PDT
As the Nissan-Renault Alliance works feverishly towards the goal of launching an entire lineup of electric cars in the next few years, they have begun to set their sights on the nitty gritty of supplying parts for the endeavor. And when you’re talking about Nissan’s electric cars, the most important part that comes to mind is, of course, the advanced lithium-ion battery. |
| Hyundai Enters the Hybrid Arena With Low Cost LPG Version of Elantra Posted: 08 Jul 2009 08:50 AM PDT
Coming 12 years after the introduction of the Prius in Japan, Hyundai may be extremely late to the hybrid party, but they’re hoping to play catch up quickly. Hyundai’s new Elantra LPI will be sold only in South Korea. It runs on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and uses lithium-ion batteries. Although Hyundai has no immediate plans to export the Elantra LPI overseas, the company plans to release a gasoline electric hybrid version of the Sonata in late 2010. Presumably the hybrid Sonata would be marketed in the US to compete directly with offerings from Toyota and Honda. |
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