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Prius model doubles February sales despite US troubles
According to the troubled carmaker, February car sales for its Prius model doubled on its previous best performance for the month, back in February 2008.
A As Toyota hear fresh reports of incidences of runaway Prius models, the carmaker is quick to remind the public of how many satisfied hybrid owners it has.
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Green Cars News
- Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Another speeding Prius
An unintended 94 mph Yesterday, a Southern California man claimed to have experienced sudden acceleration in his 2008 Toyota Prius . For about 30 miles James Sikes could not slow down his Prius which accelerated to 94 mph. After passing another car on the freeway, Sikes said the gas pedal stuck and the car just kept accelerating. Putting full pressure
Hybrid Car Blog
- Tuesday, March 9, 2010
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Conference confirms plug-in fever
Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. Attesting to consumer desire for plug-ins, hundreds of people flooded the Plug-in 2008 auditorium for the low-cost “public” event, which included Plug In America’s Chelsea Sexton participating in a panel discussion. Tags: plug-in 2008 smart car BMW mercedes electric mini electric car plug-in Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C.,
Plugs and Cars
- Thursday, July 31, 2008
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Wasting Energy like Two Really Nice Refrigerators
Details matter. You can get a lot of things right, but one seemingly little thing wrong can make a huge difference. Such is true with the energy consumption of my Tesla Roadster. Let me explain.
Soon Soon after I got my car, I noticed a funny thing: the ESS coolant pump seems to run all the
Tesla Founders
- Sunday, October 12, 2008
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First week with a Tesla
Even I was surprised. In my rear view mirror I watched a Los Angeles Sheriff’s car pull out of the Chevron and turn on both its blue and red flashing lights to pursue me down Ventura Boulevard. It had only been hours since I eased out of the Tesla dealership in West Los Angeles and already I had a date with the police.
This was not the Burbank police who arrested Alexandra
Revenge of the Electric Car
- Thursday, November 27, 2008
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EV Juice
Updated 2 September 2008
Every How much does it really cost to charge up an EV?
Updated Every answer I have seen to this question has been squishy, and looking back, my own answers have been squishy too. The reason is that you don’t buy electricity the way you buy gasoline: gas costs $3.75 (or whatever) per gallon, [...]
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Tesla Founders
- Friday, August 29, 2008
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My Tesla arrives in Los Angeles!
It’s alive! It’s alive! It’s alive!
My brand new silver all-electric Tesla Roadster sportscar (#23) arrived by truck in Los Angeles yesterday. Shrouded in plastic and tucked into the back of a semi with three other Tesla’s, it waited to be rolled onto the streets of Los Angeles.
My nervousness
Revenge of the Electric Car
- Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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Rescue Detroit
Let me get straight to the point. I strongly believe that we should rescue Ford, GM, and Chrysler immediately. This is about millions of American jobs, national security, and whether or not we want to be a country that actually makes things, as opposed to serving burgers to each other and to the salesmen of [...]
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Tesla Founders
- Thursday, December 4, 2008
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Southern California EV Juice, My Charger
Southern California EV Juice
Yuck. Yuck. Southern California Edison rates are messy and make no sense.
I I finally completed the version 1.0 spreadsheet for all you Southern California Edison customers.
Tesla Founders
- Monday, September 15, 2008
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PI-08: Company News: GM/V2Green/Coulomb/Google/HEVT/PlugInSupply
In the first of several roundup postings about Plug-In 2008, we present lots of news from companies at the Plug-In 2008 Conference. utility group on electric cars: Wed Jul 23, 2008
EARLIER STORY: GM, utility group to announce electric car tie-up: Fri Jul 18, 2008
All the citations below are highly compressed excerpts of announcements and news reports: read the links for details.
GM announces partnership with utilities and EPRI
CalCars News - PHEV News
- Monday, July 28, 2008
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Roundup: BYD's PHEV; France; Charge@7-Eleven?; Energy/Water; Incentives; Austin Expo
October 14, 2008
Gao FRANCE COMMITS TO PLUG-IN CARS: The French government kicked in $550M http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/10/13/french-president-gives-evs-hybrids-green-light/ and sponsors partnership by Electricite de France with Renault-Nissan and with PSA Peugeot Citroen .
ANOTHER 34;Gilbarco Veeder-Root and Coulomb Technologies Partner To Build Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles: Agreement anticipates 2010 launch of vehicles from the major automakers" http://www.gilbarco.com/object/PR_Oct12008b.html
CalCars News - PHEV News
- Friday, October 17, 2008
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Candidate PHEV Race: Obama's Expanded Commitment: $7,000 Incentives, Federal Fleet by 2012
Monday, August 4th, 2008, Lansing, Michigan
August 4, 2008 by Gordon Trowbridge and Mark Hornbeck
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL FIRST TO STATE THE OBVIOUS: with all the grandstanding about what to do about high prices at the pump, in today's NY Times Lead Editorial "Energy Follies" August 4, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/opinion/04mon1.html here's something we haven't seen said ANYWHERE: "plug-in hybrid cars that over time could actually make a difference in fuel prices.& We've been tracking the increasingly direct and lively race between the candidates on policies for plug-in cars, at the CalCars-News Archive http://www.calcars.org/news-archive.html
Previously,
CalCars News - PHEV News
- Monday, August 4, 2008
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