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Friday, April 11, 2008

LA Times: CARB's Sperling Conflicted

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Check out today's LA Times piece by Ken Bensinger on CARB Board Member Dan Sperling, here . The UC Davis Institute he heads took in mil...
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Monday, April 7, 2008

Luxurious greenwashing, Lexus-style

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Check out my snarky AutoblogGreen.com post on Lexus' greenwashing. Quoting myself, Lexus is taking hybrid hype to the next level, the p...
Saturday, April 5, 2008

Is NRDC drinking the hydrogen kool-aid?

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The following guest blog post is by Earl Killian who often blogs at Joe Romm's ClimateProgress.org . Biographical information below the ...
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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

CARB's Conflict of Interest

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CFCP) have become inseparable. The Green California Summ...
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Tesla to sell Roadster in Europe

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Governor Schwarzenegger can expect delivery of his $100,000 electric Tesla Roadster within a few months. His pals in the Old World won't...
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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Sandia Labs Researcher Says Electric Makes More Sense

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Sandia Labs Researcher Ben Cipiti has penned a short piece entitled An Unbiased Approach to Evaluating Transportation Fuels in which he exto...
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Some of the Facts : Automakers Comment to CARB

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The Large Volume Manufacturers, the automakers with obligations under the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emission Vehicle Progra...
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Friday, March 21, 2008

Electric Subaru: Tell 'em what you think

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Subaru has brought some R1e electric mini-cars to NY. They have a program with Tokyo Electric Power Company that has been testing vehicles i...
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Sunday, March 9, 2008

Electric Coops Use Aptera EV in Ad

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Touchstone Energy Cooperatives has made an ad touting its preparedness to deliver electricity whatever needs it in the future. Hattip to Dom...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Automakers Losing Religion; CARB Keeps Unfounded Faith

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The expense and impracticality of hydrogen fuel cell powered cars is beginning to dawn on the major automakers. Batteries will do within a f...
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Thursday, February 28, 2008

Th!nk thinks bigger

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Th!nk CEO Jan Olaf Willums made a return appearance at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco this week. He sat down with Todd Woody, Business...
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Friday, February 15, 2008

On Prius

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There's much I should be blogging these days and hopefully will shortly. The pathetic CARB staff ZEV recommendations ( here ); Bob Lutz...
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Friday, February 1, 2008

BMW Hammers One More Nail in Hydrogen Coffin

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Even as BMW clean car honchos tour the globe with the Hydrogen 7, the German automaker could be coming to terms with reality. According to D...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Toyota Snags a RAV4 EV

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The storyline is meant to be changing. From Who Killed the Electric Car? to Who Revived the Electric Car? Now that automakers seem to be ...
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

First Production Tesla Roadster on its Way to US

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Tesla has sent a letter to those who have ordered one of its Roadsters with some good news. The first Roadster is on its way. All necessary ...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Government, Renault and Agassi: Making Israel a Better Place for Electric Cars

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Shai Agassi's ambitious Project Better Place takes a step forward today in Israel. The government will announce its support for the ve...
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Friday, January 11, 2008

CARB Races to Rescue Faltering Hydrogen Highway

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In meetings reminiscent of Dick Cheney's energy confabs, California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols convened energy companies and...
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Thursday, January 10, 2008

Hydrogen Implosion in California

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The San Jose Mercury News reports on roadblocks appearing on Schwarzenegger's much ballyhooed Hydrogen Highway. Planned stations aren...
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Sunday, January 6, 2008

And now, Toyota's turn

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An anonymous commenter on my previous blogpost asks, "GM has alway said that the battery might not be ready.... GM never lied about it ...
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GM CEO Waggoner Sows Doubt about Volt Debut Date; Volt Ads Continue Unabated

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CNNMoney.com reports on an online chat with GM CEO Rick Waggoner. General Motors might not be able to hit its target to have its breakthrou...
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