Obama keeps driving electric cars forward

In an effort to combine staving off economic woes with his pledge to continue bolstering alt. fuel efforts, President Obama has announced $2.4 billion in grants, divided among 25 states, to develop next-generation electric cars and recreational vehicles.
Obama made this announcement in Elkhart County, Indiana, an area that he’s adopted as a weathervane for his administration’s effectiveness; Elkhart jumped from under 10% unemployment to nearly 20% in a year, which has spurred the president to pay them a visit and let them know that he will do his best to make sure no new Detroits are birthed from the recession. This current idea of his promises to encourage new investments, create jobs, and continue greening up the American lifestyle. We’re glad he’s tying all those strings together, because as nice as platitudes about a greener world are, they don’t mean anything without funding behind them. And these technologies could - and should - be a way to revitalize struggling communities without propping up failed industries or creating new company towns around them.

Here’s a list of the grant recipients in PDF format, and just for fun, here’s what Obama was telling Elkhart County a year ago, during his campaign for the presidency:

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