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blogs.edmunds.com - 5/8/2009

Energy Department Slashes Hydrogen Transportation Funding in Proposed Budget

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(Note: Updated 5 p.m. 5/7/09 to include link to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell groups' joint statement.) By John O'Dell, Senior Editor In a huge blow to backers of fuel-cell electric vehicles, the nation's top energy official said today he sees little promise of the technology becoming a ...

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blogs.wsj.com - 5/7/2009

Running on Empty: Obama Budget Cuts Funding for Hydrogen Car - Environmental Capital

— blogs.wsj.com — President Obama's proposed 2010 budget calls for cutting funding for a program at the Department of Energy... that carries out research on hydrogen technology for vehicles by roughly 60%, or $100 million, as part of an effort to shift to technologies ... (more) Running on Empty: Obama Budget Cuts Funding for Hydrogen ...

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Barack Obama

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climateprogress.org - 5/12/2009

Hydrogen car R.I.P. Secretary Chu agrees with Climate Progress and slashes hydrogen budget

— climateprogress.org — “We asked ourselves, ‘Is it likely in the next 10 or 15, 20 years that we will... covert to a hydrogen car economy?’ The answer, we felt, was ‘no,’” Chu said in a briefing today. He cited several barriers, including ... (more) Hydrogen car R.I.P. Secretary Chu agrees with Climate ...

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solveclimate.com - 5/12/2009

The Hydrogen Car: Not Dead Yet?

— solveclimate.com — Now that President Obama has wiped out federal research grants for fuel cell vehicles in his 2010... proposed budget in favor of batteries and biofuels, the hydrogen car appears to be on its deathbed. Or is it? (more) The Hydrogen Car: Not Dead Yet?

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DOE Cuts Hydrogen Transportation Funding
GoodCleanTech — ... are wondering exactly that, after the nation's top energy official said yesterday that he sees "little promise of the technology becoming a significant player in the nation's transportation system within the next two decades," according to Green Car Advisor. ...

Obama, DOE slash hydrogen fuel cell funding in new budget
Autoblog Green — ... , 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 practicality and that millions in federal government funding for hydrogen programs will be cut from the 2010 federal budget. Chu said, "We asked ourselves, 'Is it likely in the next 10 or 15, 20 years that we will covert to a hydrogen car economy?' The answer, we felt, was 'no'" (well, ...