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EngEx 2010 Will Bring Together Energy, Water, Transportation and Environmental Professionals in One Conference

San Diego will be the place to be this summer for an estimated 10,000 of the nation’s top professionals in the energy, water, transportation and environmental industries. EngEx 2010, taking place at the San Diego Convention Center from July 29 – 31, will make America’s Finest City home to some of the top technologists, researchers, [...]

Nine Green Automotive Projects Receive Funding - 6,500 Green Jobs Expected

At an event today in Columbus, Indiana, Secretary Chu announced the selection of nine projects totaling more than $187 million to improve fuel efficiency for heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles. The funding includes more than $100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and with a private cost share of 50%, will support nearly [...]

Are Tax Rebates Spurring Hybrid Vehicle Sales and Related Green Jobs?

Tax rebates are great on paper, but do they really fulfill their promises?  In the case of “green cars”, many governments have offered incentives to get “cash for clunkers” or to “retire your ride”.  In addition to these incentives, some governments are offering additional tax rebates to spur hybrid car sales, and promote more environmentally [...]

Yikes – The Bike, The Price, The Concept

I love bicycling!  In fact, it is my favourite form of urban transportation.  When I was looking at electric bicycles recently to ease my commute, I came across this new design from New Zealand, based on the penny-farthing transportation model.  The Yike Bike certainly makes you do a double-take when you see it – it [...]

Green Jobs, Electric Cars. Tesla to Open Power Train Plant

Leading electric vehicle maker will also move corporate headquarters to Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto

PALO ALTO, Calif.-The City of Palo Alto and Tesla Motors announced today that Tesla will develop and manufacture electric vehicle components in a renovated building in the Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto.

Tesla, the only automaker that is already producing [...]

Auto Jobs Return to Michigan as General Motors Prepares for a GreenCar Future

BROWNSTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. – General Motors Company will invest $43 million in Brownstown Township, Mich. to manufacture lithium-ion battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt and other extended-range electric vehicles. It is the first lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in the U.S. operated by a major automaker, and demonstrates GM’s commitment to deliver more fuel-efficient vehicles to [...]

Wayne State Developing Degree Programs in Electric-drive Vehicles,Electric Transportation & EV Maintenance

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As part of President Barak Obama’s economic recovery plan to revitalize the automotive industry, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded Wayne State University a $5 million federal grant to provide an electric vehicle engineering education and workforce training program.

A critical component of the plan is to create a pipeline of next-generation technicians and engineers [...]

Hundreds of Green Jobs in Lithium Ion Battery Production : North Carolina

Secretary Steven Chu made this announcement about the recent investment of $ 48 Million to Polypore.

I want to thank President Toth and everyone here at Polypore’s Celgard subsidiary for welcoming me today. It is always a pleasure to be with the innovators and entrepreneurs who are rebuilding this economy from the ground up. Your work [...]

U.S. Pumps $2.4 Billion in Creating an Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Base & Thousands of Jobs

Further accelerating the manufacturing and deployment of electric vehicles, batteries, and components here in America, and creating tens of thousands of new jobs, President Obama today announced 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects that will receive $2.4 billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

 These projects, selected through a highly competitive [...]