Back in 2009, General Motors applied to the Department of Energy for $14.4 billion in loans to help it manufacture more fuel-efficient vehicles. Today, with the automaker making big strides in turning around its business, GM sa…
The automaker has licensed technology from the Energy Department’s Argonne National Laboratory that will boost the performance of lithium-ion battery cells for its electric Chevy Volt. The next-generation power packs will be ma…
China’s plans to cut exports of rare earth minerals — used in alternative energy technologies — has the rest of the world scrambling. In the U.S., the country’s first new rare-earth mine in more than a decade is set to reopen…
In addition to state tax credits from Michigan — and the billions of dollars already loaned it by U.S. taxpayers in the form of last year’s bailout — Chrysler may soon get approval for billions more in loans from the Departme…
Next spring, the First Family will begin to receive solar electricity and solar-heated water from a new solar system that will be installed on the roof of the White House as part of the Obama administration’s effort to showcase…