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Auto X Prize wins $5.5 million from DOE for its own prize-giving contest

While the Automotive X Prize's raison d'être is to give out money to the best high-mileage vehicles and business plans in the $10 million contest, as the saying goes, it takes money to give out money. To that end, the AXP announced today that it has received $5.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. The funding is part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and is intended to "to support the X PRIZE Foundation's work to inspire a new generation of energy efficient vehicles" through technical assistance and outreach ... Read more →

Aptera officially resubmits application for DOE loan Jeremy Korzeniewski

Not that it comes as a shock or anything, but word comes from Aptera (by way of Green Car Advisor) that it has officially resubmitted its application for DOE loans. The hopeful manufacturer of ...

Congress approves three-wheelers for DOE funds Jeremy Korzeniewski

Following months of debate, Congress has approved a bill that will pave the way for three-wheeled vehicle manufacturers like Aptera to qualify for funding from the Department of Energy. Next step: ...

Congress restores hydrogen funding with $187 million in appropriations bill Sebastian Blanco

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is not getting his way in Washington. Recently (and, at this point, still allegedly) he said that he "would put every cent into electric cars." The ...

REPORT: Energy Secretary Chu: "I would put every cent into electric cars" Sebastian Blanco

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has a penchant for making some straightforward statements about energy policy. He's said that electric vehicles are inevitable, for example, and that all American ...

Aptera's chances of getting DOE loan money improving? 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Aptera is planning to build the 2e, a fully electric, extremely efficient, highway-speed vehicle that can seat two occupants, and the company would like to get some funding from the Department of Energy. For its part, the DOE is looking for qualifying companies to grant attractive loans in order ...

Fox News criticizes - and misleads viewers on - Tesla, Fisker DOE loans 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Pop quiz: what country is Tesla Motors based in? England? Wrong. What about Fisker Automotive? Finland? Wrong again, but if you gave those two answers, you might be qualified to be on Fox News and criticize the Department of Energy for giving loans to these two companies, both of which are based ...

EcoCAR, Year Two starts in Boston; student engineers cleaning up the Saturn Vue 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

GM may have discarded the Saturn brand in the company's bankruptcy, but there are still at least 150 young engineers working hard to turn a Saturn Vue into the most efficient vehicle possible. The engineers are all students from 17 universities who are participating in the EcoCAR challenge, the ...

DOE invests $300 million in clean fuels, including one lonely hydrogen station 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

What does it cost to displace 38 million gallons of petroleum per year? According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), almost $300 million. That's the amount that DOE head Steven Chu announced last week would go from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into buying about 9,000 ...

DOE launches $1 million Hydrogen Prize 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Steven Chu, head of the United Stated Department of Energy, doesn't want to spend huge sums of government money investing in hydrogen technology. That much is certain after Chu decided to slash DOE funding into hydrogen research, though a good deal was later restored in separate sessions by the ...

CalCars questions DOE grants; small, innovative companies left out? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

While it would seem that the Obama administration's $2.4 billion investment of Recovery Act grant money into electric car and battery development would be seen as a positive step to most green car advocates, not everyone is pleased with how the money was dolled out. According to CalCars, a ...

Nissan to begin retail sales of 5,000 Leaf EVs next year in major U.S. markets 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Nissan is wasting little time in planning for the release of its recently-announced Leaf electric car. Perhaps the reason details of the car's U.S. launch were so slim at launch is because Nissan was waiting for the official announcement of the Obama administration's $2.4 billion investment ...

After $2.4 billion for batteries, feds give out millions for smart grid, biofuels, more 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Those who were worried that the U.S. government was picking winners by only spending $2.4 billion on batteries should be pleased with this: Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced $347 additional million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to an assorted array of projects that aim to ...

DOE readies $85 billion for algal and advanced biofuels 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The DOE is getting ready to spend $85 billion on research to create biofuels made from algae and other advanced techniques. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds will be made available "for the development of algae-based biofuels and advanced, infrastructure-compatible biofuels" that can ...

Congressional Republicans call out Stephen Chu for flex-fuel vehicle remarks 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Six Republican members of Congress have taken issue with DOE head Stephen Chu's call for all American vehicles to be E85-capable. Chu – who once said that ethanol, as it is made today, "is not the right crop for biofuels" – suggested the increase in flex-fuel availability during a ...

Not over yet: Senate subcommittee restores DOE's hydrogen funding cut 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

It was huge news back in May when President Obama and the DOE slashed hydrogen vehicle funding from the FY 2010 DOE budget. Since then, hydrogen advocates like CARB have put on the best possible face and asked the DOE to restore the funds. The first steps towards officially putting H2 back into ...

Ford could electrify 10-25 percent of its fleet by 2020 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

With Ford taking on a $5.9 billion loan from the DOE and President Obama in favor of a million plug-in vehicles by 2015, how might the money help Ford put plugs on upcoming vehicles. Ford was quite clear that the DOE money will be used to improve the fuel efficiency of 13 models and get them on ...

Huh? Detroit News columnist criticizes Tesla loan, but not exactly in a brilliant manner 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Manny Lopez does not appreciate Tesla Motors getting $465 million from the Department of Energy. The Detroit News columnist wrote an article published today that calls the money "an all-out gift to Tesla, the Silicon Valley startup that makes cars for the rich and famous" and said that Tesla ...

Chu: all American cars should be E85 capable 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

In early May, the U.S. DOE announced a $786.5 million "third-generation" biofuel program. Yesterday, ex-biofuel researcher Stephen Chu, the Energy Secretary, said that all cars made in America should be able to burn ethanol (E85). Earlier this month, Chu said electric vehicles were "inevitable." Chu ...

Officially, official: Ford gets $5.9b from DOE in ATVMP funds for 13 greener cars 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The third piece of the DOE's funding puzzle that was laid out this morning goes, as expected, to Ford. What's notable is that Ford's share of the $8 billion in conditional loan commitments that the DOE announced today for electric cars is by far the largest: $5.9 billion. To compare, Nissan ...

REPORT: Nissan considering building EVs and batteries in the U.S. 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this year, Nissan applied for low interest loans under the Department of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing incentive Program. In order to qualify for those loans, Nissan would have to use it to build something in the U.S. It now appears that if Nissan gets the loan it ...

CARB asks DOE to restore hydrogen vehicle funds 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. Department of Energy under President Obama hasn't been kind to hydrogen vehicles in 2009. In early May, the DOE eliminated funding for research into H2-powered vehicles. Since then, the hydrogen vehicle industry has taken stock of the situation, promoted itself and is now ready to ...

DOE announces $11 million in battery vehicle awards 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The fate of eleven million dollars from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the "development of advanced batteries for electric drive vehicles" was announced today. The companies that will get some of the investment money include: A123Systems, Inc. (up to $1.1 million) "to develop a ...

TransAtlas: a new and interactive map for alt-fuel hunters, policymakers 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ever wondered where all the biodiesel drivers are? Or how about where to find the most corn ethanol is made? Questions like these can be answered over at TransAtlas, a new project by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). While good old Joe Internet can ...

Nissan's $1.1 billion loan likely to be approved by DOE 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The DOE loan that Nissan applied for to help it build electric cars and advanced batteries is likely to be approved for $1.1 billion, according to a report that cited "unidentified sources" in Kyodo News. The loan will probably speed up Nissan's already fast-moving electric car program that is ...

Obama, DOE slash hydrogen fuel cell funding in new budget 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

The message has been hinted at before, but the federal government is now serious about shifting the focus away from hydrogen and onto plug-in vehicles. In an important statement yesterday, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that hydrogen vehicles are still 10 to 20 years away from ...

DOE announces $786 million for third-generation biofuels 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced a huge, $786.5 million program to speed development and commercialization of biofuels today. The money comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and is intended for the following specific projects: $480 Million Solicitation for ...

Federal funds quitting hydrogen for plug-ins 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Back during the Clinton era, Federal funds in the U.S. favored plug-in hybrids research. The money shifted during the Bush administration to hydrogen fuel-cell research. Candidate Obama pledged to have 1 million plug-in hybrid electric vehicles on American roads in six years, and the DOE's Office ...

GM to gov't: $2.6 billion for more Volt hybrid models, please 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

GM's updated business plan, released yesterday, says that the company hopes to build three new hybrid models, including two Chevy Volt spin-offs, using $2.6 billion in loans from the U.S. government. General Motors is asking for the money as part of the DOE program to help companies develop and ...

Energy Secretary implements fast-track changes; Fisker and Tesla might benefit quickly 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Steven Chu was nominated to be the new Secretary of Energy, the general sense was that it was great to have a scientist making some decisions about energy policy. Some, though, questioned whether he had the skills to run the bureaucracy that is the Department of Energy. After a month or so on ...

DOE asking for help finding hydrogen fuel cell market 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Does DOE stand for hydrogen fuel cell in some language I don't understand? I know that the Department of energy finds the funds for cellulosic biofuels and plug-ins, but it also spends more than one might expect on hydrogen fuel cell technology - e.g., $130 million here and $100 million there - ...

USABC gives $2.3 million grant to develop lithium battery components 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) announced a $2.3 million grant to develop lithium battery technologies. USABC, which is under the umbrella of United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR), a research organization between Detroit's Big Three, awarded the grant, in ...

Platts Cellulosic Ethanol Conference - DOE and USDA discuss bioenergy 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy and the USDA were present at the Platts Cellulosic Ethanol conference in Chicago last week and put the national government's biofuel efforts into perspective. Valri Lightner, of the Biomass Program at the DOE, and William Hagy III, deputy ...

U.S. DOE pays for half of Ford's $20m plug-in Escape hybrid program 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford - along with utilities Southern California Edison, the Electric Power Research Institute, DTE and battery-maker Johnson Controls/Saft - has been working on its plug-in hybrid Escape program for a long while. Yesterday, Ford announced the good news that the federal government has decided to ...

DOE offers $4.4 million for university biofuel projects 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's not all li-ion battery tech that the federal government is givng support to these days; biofuels are getting some tax dollars as well. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that six biofuel projects at universities around the U.S. will be getting up to $4.4 million in funding. ...

DOE and Sweden partner up on plug-in vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If all you know about Sweden is ABBA and those little red gummi fish, read no further. We wouldn't want to confuse you with news that the U.S. Department of Energy and the Swedish Energy Agency are partnering to work on plug-in hybrids. The two agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding two days ...

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