Plugs and Cars

Electric vehicles and infrastructure and related commentary.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Big news: LEAF in the mid- 20s

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The Nissan LEAF, the first all-electric car to be mass marketed by a major automaker, will come in around $25,000, with help from the feder...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

Gearless in Great Britain: Fast charger in action

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Robert Llewellyn is a Brit with a keen interest in electric cars who is one of those leasing a Mitsubishi iMiev this year. He's got a gr...
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Friday, March 19, 2010

Fast charger comes to Voltageville: A Glimpse at the Future

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In 2001 I began driving an electric car, obtaining the last of the ZEV mandate-required EVs. As I got turned on to the benefits and techno...
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Monday, March 8, 2010

Billion Dollars a Day

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VoteVets.org has a campaign to highlight the true cost of our oil addiction. Yet another argument for plug-in cars.
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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