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$2bn for energy efficient vehicle research

Published: 17 Mar 2013 - 01:53 am | Last Updated: 05 Feb 2022 - 01:10 am

Henning Lohse-Busch, a research engineer at the Argonne National Lab, demonstrates electric car technology to US President Barack Obama during a tour of the facility. Obama travelled to Chicago for an event where he proposed diverting $2bn in revenue from federal oil and gas leases to pay for research on advanced vehicles.