Plugs and Cars

Electric vehicles and infrastructure and related commentary.

Monday, January 18, 2010

More EVs, Faster Charging

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It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. I may be most interested afforda...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

News from Detroit

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BMW has recognized that they simply teed up GM and Nissan to benefit from the MINI E experience. Today they announced officially that MINI ...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

It's official - Think to set up shop in Indiana

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Th!nk CEO Richard Canny and Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels slapped a "Made In Indiana" sticker on a Th!nk City this morning in Elk...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

Elkhart IN to welcome Think

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The Elkhart IN City Council took the first step tonight toward creating a tax abatement for Th!nk North America to open a plant to assemble ...

Plug-in Mercedes in 2012?

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Mercedes-Benz's S-Class sedan will offer a plug-in hybrid version when it hits the showrooms, reportedly in 2012, according to Autocar.c...
Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Jay Leno drives the Volt

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"Electricity has always been the best way to power a car. They knew that since the turn of the last century." - Jay Leno Source: A...
Friday, December 18, 2009

Flawed PHEV report has legs

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There has never been a shortage of stories in the press denigrating plug-in electric cars. Why? Because people naturally, logically believe ...
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Yet another CARB ZEV meeting

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) met on Thursday to discuss the Zero Emission Vehicle regulation and the revisions staff was tasked...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Two new EV initiatives

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Two items caught my attention this week. Plug In America has a new ally with the announcement of the creation of the Electrification Coali...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Reva to bring new electric car to Iceland

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Reva, the Indian electric car company best known for the G-Whiz in England, has signed a deal to bring their new product to Iceland with sal...
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Friday, November 6, 2009

Nissan sketches electric commercial vehicle; envisions electric ambulance

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Nissan has released an official sketch of an electric urban delivery vehicle that looks closer to viable than many EV concepts that have app...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Al Gore plugs electric cars on Daily Show

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Al Gore has probably been presumed to be a long-time booster of electric cars, but it hasn't always been so. Like many, he couldn't ...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

GM CEO: FCVs 10X more expensive than electric

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GM CEO Fritz Henderson sat down with reporters and editors from the Washington Post yesterday. No real news on the Volt, but his comments on...
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Sunday, October 25, 2009

GM reveals electric car production number in 2010....for India

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GM recently entered into a 50/50 partnership with Reva, the Indian electric car company, to produce an electric version of the Chevrolet Spa...
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Friday, October 23, 2009

Self-fulfilled prophesy: Toyota FT-EV II concept

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Toyota is always saying consumers just don't want an electric car. Range is too short and too much is different about EVs, Toyota conten...
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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Conservatives pledge on electric car plugs

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Tom McGhie, Financial Mail reports: The political battle for the electric car vote stepped up a gear last week when the Conservative Party p...
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Monday, October 5, 2009

Toyota/Fuji Heavy EV Rumors

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Toyota is knocking plug-in cars at CARB and in the press and touting impossible to deliver near-term hydrogen fuel cell commercialization. B...
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Sunday, October 4, 2009

Toyota reveals all you need to know about fuel cell cars

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Much has been made of late of Toyota and other automakers claims they will commercialize hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2015. Of course, we...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Nissan's big number: 20,000

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Nissan will start taking orders for the upcoming all-electric LEAF next Spring. And they are building to meet expected initial orders for 20...
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Monday, September 28, 2009

FoxNews called out on misinformation about plug-in cars

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Media Matters for America is watching FoxNews so you don't have to. The media watchdog is pointing out misleading reports about the gov...
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