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After months of waiting, this Thursday, Washington finally received reports of the energy plan that Senator Harry Reid would bring to the floor of the US Senate. With the far left still clamoring for a “Carbon Cap” and the f...
Posted Friday, July 23rd, 2010 at 2:07 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Environment, Legislation
Nikola Tesla, who broke new ground in electricity generation, unveiled his pioneer electric car – in 1931. In keeping with the name’s tradition, Tesla Motors is the first and currently only company to produce a commercially av...
Posted Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Filed in: Electrification, Transportation
Last Thursday, senior members of the Electrification Coalition policy team visited BYD in Shenzhen, China. BYD is, perhaps, the most ambitious of the Chinese electric car manufacturers, and gained widespread attention as Warren ...
Posted Monday, June 28th, 2010 at 5:23 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Legislation
In light of a recent Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing of testimony on a bill that would incentivize the mass deployment of electric vehicles across the country, it is interesting to assess the argument that...
Posted Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 at 10:35 am | Filed in: Electrification, Oil Dependence, Transportation
This week, as the Senate is considering GEV legislation in Washington, senior policy staff for the Electrification Coalition is participating in a World Bank mission to learn about the electric vehicle industry in China and share ...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at 11:18 am | Filed in: Electricity, Electrification, Energy Security
The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today heard testimony on policies to reduce oil consumption through the promotion of accelerated deployment of electric vehicles, as proposed in the Promoting Electric Vehi...
Posted Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 at 8:58 am | Filed in: Electrification, Energy Security, Legislation
Energy news this week was kicked off by President Obama’s address to the nation on the Gulf oil spill Tuesday night. The response was less than a ringing endorsement from either the left or the right, which is how Gerald Seib ...
Posted Friday, June 18th, 2010 at 10:48 am | Filed in: Electrification, Legislation
If he's not careful, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell is going to get a reputation as an energy policy visionary. If you had told us last year that the Commonwealth would emerge to help lead the nation in deploying electric vehic...
Posted Thursday, June 17th, 2010 at 7:20 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Electrification, Energy Security, Oil Dependence
Multiple media cover the release today of recommendations from an impressive group of CEOs -- the American Energy Innovation Council (www.americanenergyinnovation.org). Like the CEO and retired military-led Securing America's Fu...
Posted Thursday, June 10th, 2010 at 12:04 pm | Filed in: Alternatives, Electricity, Electrification, Energy Security, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, National Security, Nuclear, Oil Dependence, Renewables, Solar, Wind
