U.S. electric cars Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:15:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 US Military Supports EV-to-Grid Initiative for 500 Electric Vehicles https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-military-electric-vehicles-20130114/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-military-electric-vehicles-20130114/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:15:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=31378 The US Military has recently announced a $500-Electric-vehicle-to-grid program with a $20 million fund, as part of the several sustainable energy initiatives out there today. The other initiatives include zero emission electric vehicles, zero emission recharging using solar or other sources of renewable energy, utilising smart grid technology which maximises off-peak power usage, and local […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/us-military-electric-vehicles-20130114/feed/ 1 31378 Obama Claims U.S. Will Become The First Country With 1 Million EVs on The Road by 2015 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/obama-goal-electric-vehicles-20110202/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/obama-goal-electric-vehicles-20110202/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:38:45 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16975 Eight years ago, President George W. Bush proposed a $1.2 billion program to help develop fuel-cell vehicles and hydrogen storage systems. Now, in 2011, the U.S. still has no hydrogen fuel cell cars in commercial production.

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