Plugs and Cars

Electric vehicles and infrastructure and related commentary.

Saturday, June 2, 2007

Zero-Carbon Drive to Sacto Anti-Carbon Rally and Back

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Rainforest Action Network (RAN) held a rally in Sacramento Thursday outside the lobbying offices of the Association of Automobile Manufactu...
Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Israel, Jordan Moving Ahead With "Electric Peace Car"

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Ynetnews.com, an Israeli news site, reports on continuing progress on the Middle East electric car front . Building on initial discussions i...
Sunday, May 27, 2007

My ZEV Mandate Public Comment

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Chairman Sawyer, Members, my name is Marc Geller, and I represent the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association. Many of our members, inclu...
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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Consumers Want Plug-in Hybrids, Industry Survey Finds

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Synovate Motoresearch presented some very interesting survey results at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference in Long Beach, CA last w...

GM's Lutz Talks Up Volt at NPR Game Show; Sierra Club's Dan Becker Welcomes "Epiphany"

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GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz took his promotion for the serial plug-in hybrid Volt to an NPR game show, "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me....

Bush Says Farewell to Blair with Empty Rhetoric on Climate Change

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Tony Blair came to DC to say farewell. And make one final pitch for American cooperation on climate change. At a Rose Garden press conferen...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Richardson Highlights Plug-in Hybrids and Electric Cars

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Governor of New Mexico and candidate for the Democratic nomination Bill Richardson Richardson has released his "Energy and Climate Poli...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Automotive Class Lithium-Ion Cells from A123

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The California Air Resources Board may still be living in an alternate universe where hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles are making meaningful ...
Saturday, May 12, 2007

They Don't Just Steal at the Pump

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PBS' Now profiles government auditor Bobby Maxwell's attempt to get oil companies drilling on government land to pay royalties due. ...
Friday, May 11, 2007

What's Oil Got to Do With It?

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From Saturday's New York Times story " Cheney, on Carrier, Sends Warning to Iran " Vice President Dick Cheney used the deck of...

Dealing with Petroleum Addiction, British Style

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The British Government is attempting to strangle the electric car baby in its London cradle. The Times Online reports the British governmen...
Thursday, May 10, 2007

Dealing with petroleum addiction, Texas style

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The Texas House of Representatives votes in favor of increased gasoline consumption . I should add that Texas, in the form of Austin Energy...
Sunday, May 6, 2007

Got Hydrogen?

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70 years ago today. Hat tip to Arthur Keller.
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Thursday, May 3, 2007

$200,000 Google.org Grant to CalCars

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Google.org is stepping up to the plate for electricity in cars. Calcars.org has received a $200,000 grant to continue its advocacy of plug...
Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Required Reading: Tesla Motors' Martin Eberhard Testifies

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Martin Eberhard, Tesla Motors CEO, testified at the Senate Finance Committee yesterday. In a succinct presentation, he makes the case for e...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Whither CARB?

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The California Air Resources Board , one of the culprits identified in Who Killed the Electric Car? , was originally charged with reducing p...
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La Poste Plans to Buy 10,000 Electric Vehicles

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The French Post Office, La Poste, is seeking to place 10,000 electric vehicles in service in the next five years. This week La Poste will in...
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Monday, April 30, 2007

Biden Mentions Lithium During Debate; What's Up With the Diesel Provision?

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In the Democratic debate last week, Joe Biden mentioned his legislation to prod lithium battery research for plug-in cars among the panoply ...

Upstream Costs of Gasoline

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The United States uses 360 million gallons of gasoline each day. One tanker-truck load, a mere 8600 gallons of gasoline, exploded on a San...
Saturday, April 28, 2007

Senators: It's the Electrons

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Three Senators, Republican Orrin Hatch and Democrats Maria Cantwell and Barack Obama are showing signs of getting it. The Electric Drive Tra...
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