Electric Vehicle Battery Testing
The President mentions specific companies to highlight their involvement in or connection to the clean tech industry as he discuss the country's investment in energy transformation. ...
... "And just last week I visited the Electric Vehicle Technical Center in Pomona, California, which is testing batteries to power a new generation of plug-in hybrids that will help end our dependence on foreign oil. I have to say, Susan, the battery I saw was bigger than that one that's on the desk -- (laughter) -- but that may be the direction we're moving. So innovators like you are creating the jobs that will foster our recovery –- and creating the technologies that will power our long-term prosperity. " ...Via The White House: Investments in Clean Energy and New Technologies
Via NYT: Transcript of Obama at the Edison Electric Vehicle Technical Center: " ... investments that will catalyze innovation and industry, create green jobs, and launch clean renewable energy companies right here in California. Over the next three years, we will double this nation's supply of renewable energy. "