Skip to Content

obama administration


Congress restores hydrogen funding with $187 million in appropriations bill

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 Senate, though, has other plans and has now restored almost all of the hydrogen funding money that the DOE slashed in May. Back in July, the Senate hinted that it would fight back against the DOE cuts when the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee marked up the FY 2010 DOE budget and then restored hydrogen vehicle funding. Yesterday, ... Read more →

Cars.com survey says public wants more Cash for Clunkers. Well, of course they do. Chris Shunk

After a month of relentless Cash for Clunkers coverage, we were more than pleased when the Fed's buy-back program finally ended. Nearly every other day C4C was in danger of getting shut down ...

Chrysler says alliance with Fiat will allow it to meet future CAFE requirements Jeremy Korzeniewski

Joining the chorus of supporters applauding the Obama Administration's new CAFE standards is bankrupt automaker Chrysler. After 'thanking the administration for their leadership' and for creating ...

EPA looking into regulating CO2 for the first time ever; national auto emissions standard coming? Sebastian Blanco

More potential changes in the way the EPA does business. Following the decision to re-open the states' rights question on limiting carbon emissions and the California waiver issue, President Obama ...

Surprise! Bush administration passes on setting CAFE standards Jeremy Korzeniewski

With a brief, three-sentence statement, the Bush Administration has done what we've been expecting for quite some time: pawn off future CAFE decisions to the next administration. So, Obama and his ...

Congress restores hydrogen funding with $187 million in appropriations bill 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

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 Senate, though, has other plans and has now restored almost all of the hydrogen funding money that the DOE ...

Cars.com survey says public wants more Cash for Clunkers. Well, of course they do. 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

After a month of relentless Cash for Clunkers coverage, we were more than pleased when the Fed's buy-back program finally ended. Nearly every other day C4C was in danger of getting shut down because of a lack of funds. Then there were dealers were worried about getting paid and customers who had ...

Chrysler says alliance with Fiat will allow it to meet future CAFE requirements 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

Joining the chorus of supporters applauding the Obama Administration's new CAFE standards is bankrupt automaker Chrysler. After 'thanking the administration for their leadership' and for creating a single nationwide standard, Chrysler points out that it's alliance with Italian automaker Fiat ...

EPA looking into regulating CO2 for the first time ever; national auto emissions standard coming? 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

More potential changes in the way the EPA does business. Following the decision to re-open the states' rights question on limiting carbon emissions and the California waiver issue, President Obama said yesterday that the EPA could soon take on CO2 more broadly. The EPA could decide by early April ...

Surprise! Bush administration passes on setting CAFE standards 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

With a brief, three-sentence statement, the Bush Administration has done what we've been expecting for quite some time: pawn off future CAFE decisions to the next administration. So, Obama and his future team will now be in charge of deciding exactly how to proceed with tough new regulations that ...


Featured Galleries

  • 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML450 hybrid
  • Governor Schwarzenegger with the Zero S
  • Peugeot Concept HYbrid3 Evolution
  • Volkswagen e-up! concept
  • Dacia Logan MCV Hi-Flex
  • Citroen C-Zero
  • Italwin Ducati City Pearl
  • SEMA 2009: Toyota Prius Aerius Concept
  • Peugeot BB1 concept visits London
  • 2010 Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion
  • Mavizen TTX02 Electric Racebike
  • 1 Liter Racing League

Categories

Autoblog

Daily Finance

Download Squad

Engadget

Joystiq

Autoblog Spanish

Switched.com

FanHouse

Asylum