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Dutch company uses Detroit name for EV startup
Seventy years after the Detroit Electric Car Co. stopped producing the battery-powered Detroit Electric at its factory in Detroit, a Dutch company has resurrected the brand’s name and retro script logo for its line of plug-in electric vehicles. 2:15 pm U.S. ET | July 1
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The Obama administration today approved California's long-standing bid to set its own tough standards for vehicle tailpipe emissions, a decision in tune with a national plan to boost fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases linked to climate... 11:16 am U.S. ET | June 30 | UPDATED: 6/30/09 5:06 p.m. ET
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If plug-in hybrid vehicles proliferate as expected, utilities will be able to handle the added power demand without building new plants or straining transmission power grids as long as owners plug in overnight, the New York grid manager said in a... 2:47 pm U.S. ET | June 30
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Federal loans to automakers and suppliers for development of electric vehicles and other advanced-technology cars would be doubled to $50 billion under a bill passed by the House on Friday night. 11:52 am U.S. ET | June 29 | UPDATED: 6/29/09 12:37 p.m. ET
Ford Motor Co. is poised to take advantage of steadier auto sales and increasing U.S. market share by stepping up production, CEO Alan Mulally said. Mulally also said the automaker would use the $5. 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 26
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Japan's Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. said it plans to boost its capacity to make auto-use nickel-metal hydride batteries by 75 percent to 3.5 million cells a month by March 2010 to meet growing demand. 1:00 pm U.S. ET | June 26
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The House plans to vote by Saturday on a controversial climate-change bill that would double federal loans for plug-in electric vehicles and other advanced-technology cars, congressional spokeswomen said today. 2:53 pm U.S. ET | June 25
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General Motors will do the "heavy lifting" to help meet the ambitious goal set by President Barack Obama of having one million plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2015, a GM executive said on Tuesday. 12:01 am U.S. ET | June 24 | UPDATED: 6/24/09 1:55 p.m. ET
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Ford Motor Co. will receive nearly $6 billion in U.S. government loans to spur development of fuel efficient vehicles, the U.S. Energy Department said today. Nissan also is getting a $1. 1:46 am U.S. ET | June 23 | UPDATED: 6/23/09 1:27 p.m. ET
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A big chunk of the $1.6 billion loan that Nissan North America received from the federal government today will pay for a lithium ion battery plant that is at least 1 million square feet. 3:01 pm U.S. ET | June 23
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Ford Motor Co. executives are hoping for billions of additional dollars in government technology loans if congressional efforts to double the amount of money are successful. 3:30 pm U.S. ET | June 23
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Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn, with a $1.6 billion U.S. loan commitment in hand, wants capacity to build more than 100,000 electric vehicles a year in Tennessee as early as 2011. 3:20 pm U.S. ET | June 23