Plugs and Cars

Electric vehicles and infrastructure and related commentary.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Plug-in Hybrid Bills in Congress Scare Auto Makers

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The Detroit News Autos Insider column today is reporting on Congressional efforts to promote plug-in hybrids and the backlash from the auto...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Norwegian Investors Rally to Revived Think Electric Car

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The Aftenposten reports (in English) on the success Jan Olaf Willums is having at the helm of the revived Think Global. Many of Norway'...
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Monday, July 9, 2007

Arnold Flexing for Flex-Fuels; Fouls Air & Guzzles More Gasoline

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As I read in the San Jose Mercury News about California's flex-fuel fleet fiasco. a near silent electric trolley bus passes by my windo...
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Sunday, July 8, 2007

ex-CARB Chair Sawyer's Open Letter to Schwarzenegger

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Robert Sawyer, recently fired as Chair of the California Air Resources Board by Gov. Schwarzenegger, has handed his letter to the Governor ...
Saturday, July 7, 2007

Ford and Edison set to announce plug-in hybrid venture

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Ford Motor Co and Southern California Edison, provider of electricity to 13 million, are set to announce something Monday relating to plug-...
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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Despite the propaganda, waiting for plug-ins

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Despite the Prius ads pushing an anti-plug-in message, many are waiting for a hybrid that can plug in to cleaner, cheaper domestic electric...
Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Freedom from oil in Brazil

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International Herald Tribune reports: Brazil stages raid against debt slavery at Amazon sugar cane-ethanol plantation
Tuesday, July 3, 2007

New Chair for CARB

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Just as Arnold was getting some seriously negative press in England questioning his commitment to the environment, he goes and appoints Mar...

Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

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The CARB mess is taking the shine off Arnold Schwarzenegger's supposed environmentalism. The firings and their implication has gone inte...
Monday, July 2, 2007

CARB Massacres Continue

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Another air board official leaves Catherine Witherspoon, longtime Executive Director of CARB has quit. It had seemed the Governor wanted Saw...
Sunday, July 1, 2007

CARB: Sawyer v Governator

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It is looking like the Governor's contribution to global warming is a lot of hot air touting his greenness while opposing the slightest ...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Confusion Reigns at CARB

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Gov Schwarzenegger has fired Chairman Sawyer and others at CARB and it is not immediately clear why. The LA Times reports on unprecedented...
Thursday, June 21, 2007

Tell Toyota to Get With the Program!

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Rainforest Action Network is prodding Toyota to add plugs to their hybrids. Google is spending oodles doing it to their cars, but the rest ...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Google Gets It - It's the Plug, Stupid

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Finally an entity is stepping up and saying unambiguously it's about electricity. Google.org has launched RechargeIt .org A comprehens...
Monday, June 11, 2007

Filling up a Prius vs. Plugging In a RAV4 EV

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Prius: > $6 per 100 miles RAV4 EV: 0 - $2.50 per 100 miles Prius: Fill up at multi-national corporate outpost RAV4 EV: Fill up at home wi...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Trouble in Hydrogen Heaven

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The World , a PRI/BBC radio collaboration, has a report on the problems bringing Iceland's hydrogen dream to fruition. Still only one fi...
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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...
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