Bright Automotive gets a visit from Obama Administration official

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Legislation and Policy , Bright Automotive Bright IDEA PHEV van - C lick above for high-res gallery The chances that Bright Automotive will get $450 million from the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan program (ATVMLP) might have gone up a bit thanks to a recent visit from a representative of the Obama Administrative. Teno Villarreal, special assistant for the Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, spent time in Anderson, IN, last week and learned more about the the Bright Idea plug-in hybrid van . Representatives from the start-up automaker told Villarreal that up to 6,000 jobs could be created if the Idea goes into production (up from 5,000 claimed earlier ).

Obama mulling more support for plug-in vehicle manufacturers

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA The U.S. federal government has put a lot of money into clean car companies this past year, including about $8.5 billion through U.S

STUDY: Cash for Clunkers helped Japanese way more than Detroit 3

Filed under: Legislation and Policy , USA While there is no question that Obama’s Cash-for-Clunkers program accelerated vehicle sales this summer, a new report by the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute shows the big winners were from Japan, not Detroit. According to the study, nearly 85 percent of the trade-ins were from General Motors , Ford , and Chrysler , yet they only sold 39 percent of the new cars moved off the lots. On the other hand, eight percent of the trade-ins came from Toyota , Honda , and Nissan , manufacturers who accounted for 41 percent of new car purchases.

Congress restores hydrogen funding with $187 million in appropriations bill

Filed under: Hydrogen , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is not getting his way in Washington. Recently (and, at this point, still allegedly) said that he ” would put every cent into electric cars .” The Senate, though, has other plans and has now restored almost all of the hydrogen funding money that the DOE slashed in May . Back in July, the Senate hinted that it would fight back against the DOE cuts when the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the FY 2010 DOE budget and then restored hydrogen vehicle funding .

REPORT: Cash For Clunkers ending Monday

Filed under: MPG , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA This year, Labor Day in the U.S.

CalCars questions DOE grants; small, innovative companies left out?

Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Legislation and Policy , USA While it would seem that the Obama administration’s $2.4 billion investment of Recovery Act grant money into electric car and battery development would be seen as a positive step to most green car advocates, not everyone is pleased with how the money was dolled out. According to CalCars, a number of smaller, innovative companies were left out of the proceedings. One such unnamed company “made the comparison to funding dinosaur land-line companies at the birth of the cellphone age.” Mark Mills, chairman of start-up International Battery Inc

Cash For Clunkers gets $2B assist in the Senate; C.A.R.S. funded through Labor Day

Filed under: MPG , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA After a week of uncertainty and a lot of weighing in from all sides, C.A.R.S.

After $2.4 billion for batteries, feds give out millions for smart grid, biofuels, more

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , Ethanol , Legislation and Policy , USA Those who were worried that the U.S. government was picking winners by only spending $2.4 billion on batteries should be pleased with this: Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced $347 additional million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to an assorted array of projects that aim to provide energy security for the U.S.

Obama announces battery grants: Big Three, Michigan, li-ion companies come out winners

Filed under: Emerging Technologies , EV/Plug-in , Hybrid , Chrysler , Ford , GM , USA At the closed and then re-openend Monaco Recreational Vehicle plant in Indiana today, President Obama will announce exactly how $2.4 billion in Recovery Act grant money will be spent on advanced battery technologies and on infrastructure for more electric vehicles. This is a bit more than the $2 billion originally set aside in February to fund advanced batteries in the Recovery Act. All told, 48 battery technology and electric vehicle projects will get some money.

New Toyota NA president doesn’t see electric vehicles as mainstream in the near future

Don’t hold your breath for an electric Scion iQ anytime soon. Toyota executives are certainly good at sticking to the company line. Toyota officials have repeatedly downplayed the potential for pure battery electric vehicles and Yoshimi Inaba is no exception

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