Recharge Wrap-up: DOE's $55M in clean car funding; Volt, Fisker leader Posawatz to IN
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08-18-2014, 10:20 AM
Recharge Wrap-up: DOE's $55M in clean car funding; Volt, Fisker leader Posawatz to IN
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The US Department of Energy is investing over $55 million in 31 projects for more efficient vehicles. 19 of the projects seek to help achieve the goals of the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, by making plug-in hybrids as affordable as gasoline cars by 2022. 12 projects are aimed at making passenger vehicles and commercial trucks more fuel-efficient. The Army is providing another $3.7-million in co-funding for battery technology, reducing friction and wear and testing fuel-efficient tires. Read more at the Energy Department's website.
Formula E fans in France, Andorra and Morocco will be able to watch the races live on Canal+. The channel, which also airs Formula 1 and WRC in France, will offer a highlights program covering the race weekend, podium presentation and interviews with the drivers in addition to live race coverage. Canal+ has an audience of about six million households. Most of us, though, will be watching the races on Fox Sports, ITV4 in the UK, TV Asahi in Japan and CCTV in China. Formula E says it will have more television deals to announce before the beginning of the inaugural race season next month. Read more at Formula E's site.
Tony Posawatz, the former Chevrolet Volt developer and Fisker CEO, is going the board of directors at big data technology company INRIX. INRIX is known for its driver navigation app, INRIX Traffic, which uses traffic information to plan routes. Posawatz worked at General Motors for 30 years, before leaving to become president and CEO of plug-in hybrid carmaker Fisker from 2012 to 2013. He then founded clean car consultancy firm Invictus iCar. "Tony's experience leading the automotive industry forward through the adoption of breakthrough technologies is invaluable to INRIX," said INRIX CEO Bryan Mistele, "as we expand collaboration with automakers beyond traffic to a variety of other data-driven services in the Connected Car." Read more at Automotive News.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee has approved the Charge Ahead California initiative. The bill, which seeks to put one million EVs on California roads in ten years, will now head to the full assembly for its vote. Charge Ahead California includes an extension and reworking of the state's Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, and also seeks to improve access to clean transportation for disadvantaged populations through carsharing, and clunker-scrapping incentives. The goal of putting more electric cars on the roads is driven largely by a desire for cleaner air. Read more in the press release, below.Continue reading Recharge Wrap-up: DOE's $55M in clean car funding; Volt, Fisker leader Posawatz to INRIX
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The US Department of Energy is investing over $55 million in 31 projects for more efficient vehicles. 19 of the projects seek to help achieve the goals of the EV Everywhere Grand Challenge, by making plug-in hybrids as affordable as gasoline cars by 2022. 12 projects are aimed at making passenger vehicles and commercial trucks more fuel-efficient. The Army is providing another $3.7-million in co-funding for battery technology, reducing friction and wear and testing fuel-efficient tires. Read more at the Energy Department's website.
Formula E fans in France, Andorra and Morocco will be able to watch the races live on Canal+. The channel, which also airs Formula 1 and WRC in France, will offer a highlights program covering the race weekend, podium presentation and interviews with the drivers in addition to live race coverage. Canal+ has an audience of about six million households. Most of us, though, will be watching the races on Fox Sports, ITV4 in the UK, TV Asahi in Japan and CCTV in China. Formula E says it will have more television deals to announce before the beginning of the inaugural race season next month. Read more at Formula E's site.
Tony Posawatz, the former Chevrolet Volt developer and Fisker CEO, is going the board of directors at big data technology company INRIX. INRIX is known for its driver navigation app, INRIX Traffic, which uses traffic information to plan routes. Posawatz worked at General Motors for 30 years, before leaving to become president and CEO of plug-in hybrid carmaker Fisker from 2012 to 2013. He then founded clean car consultancy firm Invictus iCar. "Tony's experience leading the automotive industry forward through the adoption of breakthrough technologies is invaluable to INRIX," said INRIX CEO Bryan Mistele, "as we expand collaboration with automakers beyond traffic to a variety of other data-driven services in the Connected Car." Read more at Automotive News.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee has approved the Charge Ahead California initiative. The bill, which seeks to put one million EVs on California roads in ten years, will now head to the full assembly for its vote. Charge Ahead California includes an extension and reworking of the state's Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, and also seeks to improve access to clean transportation for disadvantaged populations through carsharing, and clunker-scrapping incentives. The goal of putting more electric cars on the roads is driven largely by a desire for cleaner air. Read more in the press release, below.Continue reading Recharge Wrap-up: DOE's $55M in clean car funding; Volt, Fisker leader Posawatz to INRIX
Recharge Wrap-up: DOE's $55M in clean car funding; Volt, Fisker leader Posawatz to INRIX originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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08-19-2014, 05:05 PM
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Will INRIX be here next year? Will Tony leave once the DOE $$$ dry up?
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