Amid the energy crisis of the 1970s, President Jimmy Carter hoped to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.

Jimmy Carter’s melancholy fate was to be a largely derivative figure: He was a reaction against his elected predecessor and the precursor of his successor. Richard M. Nixon made Carter

Nearly 40 years after President Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the White House's roof, he watched nearly 4,000 of them go up in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, in 2017. The panels were capable of powering more than half the town.

President Carter’s influence on the automotive industry was transformative, especially for fuel efficiency and functional safety standards.

The former president, who has died aged 100, famously installed thermal solar panels on the roof of the White House in 1979. View on euronews