Plugs and Cars

Electric vehicles and infrastructure and related commentary.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Guerrilla charging: theft or public service?

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So you've finally got your electric car. You're going out of town for a few days and recall a few spots at the airport parking lot t...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

"Transmission Losses:" Nigeria's oil pipeline sabotaged

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Shell has shut three flow stations after its oil pipeline in the Niger Delta was sabotaged. Recent attacks have resulted in $1bn a month in ...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Tesla IPO: Taking the dream for a ride

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For a couple of years now, the dream ride has been in a Tesla Roadster. You strap in, feel the instantaneous surge of power, maneuver the cu...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

"Transmission Losses:" West African pirates

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West Africa's burgeoning oil industry has a pirate problem. On Jan. 5 Nigerian pirates stormed a Panamanian-flagged Ukrainian tanker, th...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

Wired blogger takes on Nissan LEAF

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Darryl Siry blogs over at Wired's Autopia. He's pretty plugged in, having worked at Tesla and consulted for CODA. He's a bit sur...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

"Transmission Losses": Tanker truck explodes, closes LI Expressway

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A tanker truck clipped a car. The tanker flipped over and burst into flames "creating a fireball seen for miles." The driver was k...
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"Transmission Losses": 450,000 gallons of oil spill in Texas

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Two vessels collided in Port Arthur, Texas. As much as 450,000 gallons of crude oil spilled. Some nearby residents have been evacuated from ...
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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