Plugs and Cars

Electric vehicles and infrastructure and related commentary.

Friday, December 28, 2007

Financial Times on Th!nk

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Financial Times Deutschland has a report on Th!nk Global. Putting a little flesh on the bones of previous reporting. 10,000 Think City elec...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Subaru to Begin EV Sales in Japan in 2009

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Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) has issued a press release, according to Green Car Congress , announcing that 2009 rather than 2010 will see th...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

Electric Smart Car ForTwo Delivered by Mercedes

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Mercedes-Benz has delivered the first of 100 electric Smart ForTwos to fleet customers in the UK. Coventry City Council will be using the el...
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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Popular Mechanics Takes Aptera for a Drive

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This wingless Jetsonian vehicle has seemed to me to be too much design, too much gadgetry, too much website, and not enough practical, build...
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Friday, December 21, 2007

Electric Car Salute to Al Gore in Oslo

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Electric cars, including many Th!nk City cars and at least one RAV4 EV, turned out in large numbers to salute Al Gore, lining Oslo streets a...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

EPA Says No: Dems Get Rolled Again

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It took less than 12 hours. The Democrats got rolled again. Bush started the day signing the energy bill that Nancy Pelosi called "eart...
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Did Mayor Bloomberg in China Drive a Miles Javlon?

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Autobloggreen is reporting that Mayor Bloomberg has driven the first Miles Automotive highway-legal all-electric car off the production l...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Everybody Happy: Bush to Sign Do-little Energy Bill

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The opening line of the Detroit News story says all you need to know: The House approved a stripped-down energy bill Tuesday and sent it to...
Thursday, December 13, 2007

Senate Strives for Palatable Energy Bill; Plug-in Credits In

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The Detroit News is reporting on the efforts in the Senate to craft a viable energy bill. As presently consitituted, the Senate bill drops...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Menahem Anderman: Enough Already

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Menahem Anderman, PhD, is Mister Battery Consultant. CARB, DOE, Congress all seem to turn to him to analyze the state of battery technology....
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Slate's EV Acid Test: Are electric cars greener?

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Every electric car advocate is asked the same question every day: Are EVs really cleaner, greener, better for the environment? The long tail...
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EV1 Stirs Emotions Decade Later

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An emotional Alexandra Paul, actress who appeared in Who Killed the Electric Car? , is interviewed by Matt Kelley of Next Gear in front of ...
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German Battery, German Electric Car?

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An Agence France Presse report has produced a small flurry of articles this past week, here and here , for example, that has a German compa...
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Monday, December 10, 2007

Th!nk City: Electric Civic for the 21st century?

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Business 2.0's Green Wombat blogger Todd Woody has written up an optimistic report on the Th!nk City titled A Honda Civic for the age of...
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Friday, December 7, 2007

French CO2 Feebate Plan Good News for Electric Cars

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The French government's Ministry of Ecology has instituted a CO2 based "feebate" scheme. Low emission vehicles will receive a...
Wednesday, December 5, 2007

EVS23: It's the Plug, Stupid

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John Voelker has posted from EVS23 for IEEE's Spectrum, and he ain't writing about fuel cells. Except to point out that Honda's ...
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Monday, December 3, 2007

Entourage Star Breaks Parking Law in BMW Hydrogen 7

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It's a shame the video on TMZ.com doesn't include the reporter's voiceover, because the narration I heard when the story aired ...
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A123 & LG Chem Battery Packs for Chevy Volt Unveiled at EVS23

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GM-Volt.com is reporting on battery announcements at EVS23. Both A123 and LG Chem/Compact Power have delivered packs to GM for testing in ...
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IEEE Tech Talk: Times They are a'Changin'

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IEEE Tech Talk's John Voelker's report is titled EVS-23: A Surge of Energy for Electric Cars . It is a first comment on the palpa...
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Thursday, November 29, 2007

First New Th!nk City Rolls Off Line

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Good news from Norway. Automotive News (subscription required) reports: Think Global has launched production of an electric minicar for Eur...
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