August 4, 2009

350Green in partnership with eTec and Nissan North America have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy for a grant of approximately $99.8 million to undertake the largest deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure in U.S. history. Read more

eTec announces partnership with Nissan and Clean Cities Coalition to provide electric car charging infrastructure for Tucson metro area. Read here and here

Nissan announces alliance with Phoenix metro area for zero-emission vehicle partnership. Read more. Also partnership announcements with San Diego, Tucson, Seattle and Raleigh.

President Obama set in motion a new national policy aimed at both increasing fuel economy and reducing greenhouse gas pollution for all new cars and trucks sold in the US. The new standards, covering model years 2012-2016, and ultimately requiring an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016, are projected to save 1.8 billion barrels of oil over the life of the program with a fuel economy gain averaging more than 5 % per year and a reduction of approximately 900 million metric tons in greenhouse gas emissions. Read more

President Obama unveiled a $2.4 billion program aimed at jump starting the electric vehicle and plug-in electric industry to make the U.S. a leader in developing components and creating production facilities that will be required to put America on a cleaner, greener road to the future. Read more

President Obama reiterates the goal to have one million Plug-in Cars by 2015. Read more