Category: "DOE (Department of Energy)"

Lee Slezak, DOE, at the 2010 Plug-in conference

We sat down with Lee Slezak, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Manager-Advanced Vehicle Systems Simulation & Evaluation Office of Freedom Car and Vehicle Technologies at the 2010 Plug-in conference in [...]

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MSNBC – the politics of electric cars

MSNBC, January 24, 2010 -  The Toyota Prius, introduced in 2001 in the United States, was the first mass-produced hybrid. Hybrids are common place today with more coming out every [...]

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Bill Reinert, advanced technology for Toyota, talking politics

2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Detroit, MI – Bill Reinert is the  National Manager, Advanced Technology Group, Toyota Motor Sales USA.
I wish everyone would stop and listen to [...]

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Sue Cischke, Ford, on sustainability & fuel efficiency

Sue Cischke, Ford’s vice president for Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, talked with me at the Ford Product Development Center in Dearborn, MI.
Cischke went through the process with the Department [...]

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John Tillman, Volkswagen fuel cells

California Fuel cell Partnership, Sacramento, CA – John Tillman is the Program Manager for Volkswagen Group of America, Advanced Powertrain Research Program.
Will Volkswagen continue with their fuel cell research and [...]

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Chris White, California Fuel Cell Partnership

I sat down with the CaFCP Communications Director, Chris White to discuss the hydrogen budget cut. What does it mean for CaFCP? How does the economic freefall of California effect [...]

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Byron McCormick resigns in protest of no hydrogen budget

From: byron mccormick
Subject: My Resignation
Date: May 11, 2009 1:25:40 PM EDT
To: The.Secretary@hg.doe.gov
Dear Secretary Chu:
Following your decision to zero funding for Hydrogen fuel cells for transportation, I have unfortunately spent the [...]

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A123 Batteries at the 2009 New York auto show

David Vieau, President and CEO of A123Systems and Lou Rhodes, Vice President-Advanced Vehicle Engineering and President of ENVI sat down with me at the 2009 New York auto show to [...]

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Vic Doolan, Fisker Auto at the 2009 New York auto show

2009 New York auto show – Vic Doolan’s automotive industry track record spans almost 40 years and
includes senior executive positions with BMW, Volvo and the Premier Automotive Group. Doolan is [...]

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Dr. Jiqiang Wang, China, on Lithium-ion batteries

Argonne, Il, September, 2008 – At the 1st International Conference on Advanced Lithium-ion batteries for automobile applications, organized by Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Jiqiang Wang of the Tianjin Institute of [...]

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