Plugs and Cars

Electric vehicles and infrastructure and related commentary.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Overflow Crowd in Lodi (!) for Electric Car Film

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Lodi News-Sentinel Reports Over 400 people turned out for a free viewing of Who Killed the Electric Car? in Lodi, CA last night. Lodi is n...

SOTU: Will Bush Plug Plug-ins?

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First hint from the NY Times says ethanol will be the big winner in Bush's State of the Union Address. Advocates of plug-in cars are hop...
Saturday, January 20, 2007

Vote for the Volt

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GM wants to know if you think they should make the Volt. As of today, it's Yes: 106,000; No: 1800. Vote for the Volt . It can't hurt...

Automaker Plug-in Hybrid PR Flurry

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In the wake of the Chevy Volt presentation by GM, my "plug-in hybrid" google alert has filled my inbox with reports from other aut...
Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Grist Writer Gets the URGE2 Electrify

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David Roberts is a staff writer at Grist , an online enviro magazine. He's written a piece in TomPaine.com that deserves attention. As ...
Friday, January 12, 2007

Tortillas and Ethanol

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Corn and petroleum course through our veins. As Michael Pollan convincingly argues in The Omnivore's Dilemma , what we eat has become a...
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NPR Science Friday on the Chevy Volt

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NPR's Science Friday with Ira Flatow spent half an hour on the Volt . Bill Moore of EVWorld.com , Paul Scott of Plug In America . Enthu...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Huh?

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Associated Press report in The State of Columbia, South Carolina "The Volt overcomes range, noise and power issues that plagued previou...
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Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Out of the Closet? Is the Saab BioPower a Plug-in Hybrid?

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In Stockholm and LA it was just the BioPower 100, a 100% ethanol fueled hybrid. A premature press release identified it as a plug-in, but th...
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Monday, January 8, 2007

Chevy Volt: Can't We All Just Get Along?

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What a difference a week or two can make. Chris Paine, director of "Who Killed the Electric Car?," is attending the Detroit Auto S...
Sunday, January 7, 2007

Chevy Volt & Ford Airstream: The Plug-in that Could Be & the Plug-in that Couldn't Possibly

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Amidst the well-deserved hoopla about GM's plug-in serial hybrid Chevy Volt , Ford is touting its own equally ugly plug-in hybrid conc...
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Saturday, January 6, 2007

It's Got a Name: Chevrolet "Volt" Plug-in Hybrid

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With an Auto Show overview article dated tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 7, the New York Times becomes the first publication to name the much-anticip...
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Thursday, January 4, 2007

Toward a Plug-in Hybrid Saturn Vue

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GM today announced two contracts to "design and test lithium-ion batteries" for use in the Saturn Vue Plug-in Hybrid announced la...
Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Toyota President's New Year's Letter

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Toyota released (and EVworld.com reprints ) President Watanabe's New Year's letter to employees. He mentions continued focus on hyb...
Friday, December 29, 2006

Honda: 12 more years of no choice for consumers

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There's really only one way to read the Kyodo News (Japan) report that Honda President Takeo Fukui said in an interview that Honda thin...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

MIT Year End Energy Review touts PHEVs

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The MIT Technology Review reports plug-in hybrids a big 2006 energy story: "The plug-in hybrid-vehicle era begins. For years, hobbyist...
Friday, December 22, 2006

The Beast in the Rumble Seat

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There is more to Dan Neil's recent LA Times column than a favorable review of yet another gasoline-only hybrid. He likes the Nissan Alt...
Thursday, December 21, 2006

Auto Lobby Deals a New Card

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Changing of the guard at the auto makers' industry group the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM). Former Democratic Congressman ...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Shill for a Withering Lie

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No, I'm not referring to John McCain or the other remaining defenders of the Iraq adventure, predicated on so many lies. I'm speakin...
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Friday, December 15, 2006

Wind Beneath his Wings: How Green Power and Plug-in Cars Can Save Bush's Legacy

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Thomas Friedman of the NY Times has been on his geo-green kick for a while now, merging his eco-consciousness with his hawkish neo-liberalis...
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