2001 Climate Change IDEA Re-Charge 
Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid.
Plug in America
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Finally, I was doing something that could really make a dent in climate change. I charge at night, when rates are lowest, so there’s a speck of non-renewable energy in my battery. “I haven’t paid for electricity for my house or my EV since 2001,” he says. Driving on sunshine! Goodbye guilt. Hello hope.
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