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Find the latest news about the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities program and alternative transportation technologies.
May 29, 2013
EcoCAR 2 Competition Announces Year Two Winner: Penn State University
EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future today named Pennsylvania State University its Year Two winner at the EcoCAR 2013 Competition in San Diego. More
May 29, 2013
EV Automaker Tesla Repays Department of Energy Loan
Electric vehicle automaker Tesla Motors announced that it has paid off the Energy Department's $465 million loan awarded in 2010 to the company under the Energy Department's Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing program. More
May 29, 2013
New GSA Initiative Replaces Aging Federal Fleet with Hybrid Vehicles
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced a new GSA Fleet consolidation initiative to give federal agencies the opportunity to replace their aging fleet with hybrid vehicles. More
May 29, 2013
Penn State Named EcoCAR 2 Competition Year Two Winner
EcoCAR 2: Plugging In to the Future named Pennsylvania State University its Year Two winner at the EcoCAR 2013 Competition in San Diego, California. More
May 22, 2013
EcoCAR 2 Teams Cruise Forward with Second Year Finals
During the week of May 20, all 15 EcoCAR 2 teams will be competing in the second-year finals of the competition that challenges students from across North America to develop highly efficient vehicles using technologies. More
May 15, 2013
$16 Million Set for Small Businesses Focused on Energy Technologies
The Energy Department announced that it will award 88 grants to small businesses in 28 states to develop clean energy technologies with a strong potential for commercialization and job creation. More
May 15, 2013
DOE Launches Public-Private Partnership to Deploy Hydrogen Infrastructure
The U.S. Energy of Department (DOE) launched H2USA, a new public-private partnership focused on advancing hydrogen infrastructure to support more transportation energy options for U.S. consumers, including fuel cell electric vehicles. More
May 15, 2013
Clean Cities Coalitions Charge Up Plug-In Electric Vehicles
The Energy Department's Clean Cities coalitions nationwide are helping their communities get ready for PEVs by using local knowledge to ensure that both are easily deployed and available to consumers. More
May 8, 2013
Study: Nearly 22 Million Electric Vehicles Will Be Sold from 2012 to 2020
A total of 21.9 million EVs will be sold worldwide during the period from 2012 to 2020, according to a recent report from Navigant Research. More
May 1, 2013
New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Power the Grid
Researchers from the Energy Department's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life "flow" battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid. More
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