General Electric announced November 11 that it will buy 25,000 electric vehicles (EVs) for its own corporate fleet as well as for fleet customers by 2015.

Hoping to spur commercialization of electric vehicles (EVs), Audi announced November 10 that it has commissioned a new, €65 million (US$ million) EV test center at Ingolstadt, Germany, including advanced drive systems, batteries and power electronics.

Bosch and Samsung announced November 10 that their “SB LiMotive” joint venture has now launched production of lithium-ion battery cells for hybrid and electric vehicles at a factory in Ulsan, South Korea.

Colorado-based electric bus maker Proterra announced November 10 that five transit agencies in Florida, Nevada, Washington and California won more than US$25 million in grants for electric transit buses and recharge infrastructure.

A Boston-based consumer shopping service announced November 10 that both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) failed to employ a sensible metric for measuring “miles per gallon” and net carbon emissions for upcoming electric vehicles (EVs).

On November 11, the Class A common stock shares of SemGroup Corp. began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol SEMG. The listing completes the registration process with the Securities and Exchange Commission commenced by SemGroup earlier this year.

SemGroup Corp. owns a majority stake in White Cliffs Pipeline, the sole crude oil pipeline that connects Colorado’s Niobrara unconventional oil producing region with the U.S. oil hub at Cushing Oklahoma.

Officials with Denver-based BioFuel Energy Corp. reported a third-quarter 2010 net loss of US$1.8 million, versus a net loss of $8.4 million for the same period in 2009.

NYMEX light sweet crude for December delivery was unchanged at US$87.81 per barrel (/bbl), on November 11, as a report showing Chinese refiners processed a record amount of crude in October offset a stronger U.S. dollar.

Texas environmental quality officials said they refuse to implement a program that regulates the largest industrial sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – continuing to assert that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacks the legal authority to regulate GHG under the Clean Air Act.

A lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) decision to increase the amount of ethanol added to gasoline is motivated by greed, the executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association (IRFA) said November 11.

The November 2 midterm elections saw Republicans storm back into power in the U.S. House of Representatives and reduce the Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate – altering the direction of several legislative issues through the appointment of new leadership in House committees – and making it more difficult for the Democrats to gain the 60 votes needed for cloture.

The giant Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced that they’ll reconvene a hearing November 22 to adopt a pioneering “2010 San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP)” update, which would slash diesel emissions from both marine and shore-side engines, vessels, equipment and trucks.