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Saturday, July 21, 2007

Toyota Hot and Cold on Plug-in Hybrids

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A month or so ago word was Toyota was postponing the new generation Lithium Prius. That seemed to be a hint that Toyota wasn't moving t...
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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Huckabee: The electric car of the 2008 race

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Election blog 2008central.net points us to an unexpected positive and apt analogy to electric cars by a Republican candidate for President....

Is Toyota taking the Plug-in Hybrid plunge?

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Green Car Congress reports Toyota to Obtain Permission for Public Road Test for Plug-in Prius in Japan.

Plug-in Hybrid Study: Electricity Better

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The basic question addressed, which appears on the study homepage (epri-reports.org) is this: How would air quality and greenhouse gas emis...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

EPRI/NRDC Plug-in Hybrid Enviro Assessment to be Released

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The long awaited report assessing the environmental impact of plug-in hybrids undertaken by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Na...

GM: Electric Opel by 2010

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Thomson Financial reports in Forbes that General Motors Corp unit Opel plans to bring out an all-electric car at the end of 2010. GM's ...
Saturday, July 14, 2007

Green Autos in the Times: Hybrid Hype, Hydrogen Hooey and Electric Dreams

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A number of articles about "green cars" worth perusing in Saturday's New York Times Automotive section . Usually devoted to c...
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Friday, July 13, 2007

Strange Plug-in Bedfellows Rile Detroit

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Big time neo-Con Frank Gaffney and Arnold supporter actor Rob Lowe took their advocacy for plug-in hybrids to Massachusetts liberal Democrat...
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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...
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