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Kia Soul EV fitted with wireless charging
As the industry continues to build out electric vehicle charging infrastructure, parallel projects are working to improve it as quickly as it's deployed. Now we're seeing some groups launching fast charging stations capable of 350-kW, and John Beltz Snyder
SimpleFuel home H2 fueling system wins $1M H2 Refuel H-Prize
This hydrogen fueling station fits in your garage.
Obama Administration wants 200-mile EV that charges in under 10 minutes
Despite missing the famous 1-million-EVs-by-2015 goal, the Obama Administration is still working towards a US with more electric vehicles.
New Argonne centers focus on nanotech, EV energy storage
The two new Argonne National Lab collaborative centers announced this week could have a big impact on the cars of the future. The far future.
US gas prices not going to change any time soon
Mid-year US gas prices will be the lowest for summer since 2009, Energy Department says
Five years ago, the DOE loaned Tesla Motors $465 million
Five years after Tesla got off to a good start with its ATVM loan deal, Energy Secretary Moniz says the DOE is offering two new programs – one for $55 million and one for $35 million – to help advanced vehicles.
DOE admits nearly 50 percent of EVs bought in California
As fuel prices keep falling across the US, sales of fuel efficient vehicles keep going with them. By AutoblogGreen's tally, the market for green cars, which includes diesels, is down 6.4 percent through November 2014. However, there is a bright spot in the bleak news. Plug-in sales are actually up for the year by
DOE's EV Everywhere workplace charging program is working
One US Department of Energy plug-in vehicle charging-station program is geared to turn this country into ... Norway? Not literally, but the DOE's EV Everywhere Workplace Charging Challenge was launched early last year to get more companies to install on-site charging stations in order to increase plug-in vehicle adoption. And while the uptake hasn'
Elio Motors $185-million request advances under DOE's restarted ATVM loan program
Controversial, helpful and finally put on hiatus, the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program from the Department of Energy (DOE) has had a tremendous impact on the current flock of plug-in vehicles. Before being paused in 2011, the ATVM handed out money to Sebastian Blanco
Recharge Wrap-up: Nissan Leaf in Puerto Rico, BMW i3 REx tax-free in NJ, BC2BC cancelled [UPDATE]
*UPDATE: Nissan has released a video of the Leaf in Puerto Rico, so we've embedded it below.
2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class ED has 87-mile range, 84 MPGe
Well, that extra weight had to be felt somewhere. With Mercedes-Benz getting ready to start US sales of its B-Class Electric drive this summer, the big question was how well its range would stack up against other electric vehicles sold in the States. Turns out, the Benz is a bit of a juice hog.
EcoCar2 is on the hunt for a better, cleaner Chevy Malibu [w/video]
The students spent three years transforming an ordinary Chevy Malibu into a revolutionary vehicle.
SuperTruck program claws out huge fuel efficiency gains for semi trucks
Think 10 miles per gallon, and your mind may harken back to muscle cars along the line of the General Lee from The Dukes of Hazzard. Apply that figure to a semi-truck, though, and we're talking actual fuel-efficiency gains. That's what the four-year-old SuperTruck program shot for, and two of its four teams have already hit that goal.
DOE offers $10M to advance biomass-to-biofuel efforts
The Department of Energy has made it clear that it favors a technology-somewhat-neutral, "all-of-the-above" strategy for developing energy alternatives for the US, as the new Strategic Plan 2014-2018 (PDF
DOE lays out 'all of the above' energy strategy for next five years
The US government really does have a plan for how advanced-drivetrain technology will help the country meet its goal of cutting petroleum imports in half by the end of the decade, which means US emissions will need to be 17 percent lower than they were in 2005. The plans involves, among other things, battery improvements, hydrogen fuel-cell technology, biofuels and more vehicle-electrification advancements. Not to mention lions, and tigers and bears. Oh my.
Smith Electric Vehicles quietly stopped production in Kansas City last year
Sometimes, you just don't want anyone to know what's happening. That's how Smith Electric Vehicles must have felt about stopping production of its all-electric delivery trucks in Kansas City, MO late last year. There was no press release issued and even the local newspaper, The Kansas City Star<
DOE ready for more AVTMP loans, now focusing on suppliers
The Department of Energy handed out four big loans in the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program (ATVM): Fisker got $528.7 million (then went bankrupt) Nissan got Sebastian Blanco
Ford ready to install GE Wattstations at 60 locations in North America
Upper-level Ford executives are sending mixed messages about the power of plug-in vehicles, but in the companies parking lots across North America, at least, the signal is clear: come on and charge your EV.
DOE Secretary Moniz announces $50 million for cleaner vehicles, sees upside in Fisker loan failure
The Washington Auto Show started today with an announcement by US Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz about a new, $50-million boost for the DOE's work on supporting more fuel-efficient vehicles. The $50 million, Moniz said, will support advanced vehicle technologies. $30 million will go towards making plug-in vehicles better and charging more convenient, including extra support for
Taking a look at government-supported Elon Musk's supposed libertarian politics
To read Josh Harkinson take on things, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is your typical Silicon Valley entrepreneur, spouting Libertarian ideas while being more than willing to take federal grants. Harkinson wrote a lengthy profile of Musk for Mother Jones and it's well worth your time if you're at all curious about Musk or Tesla Motors.