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Drive Electric Earth Month Launches April 1 with 172 Events

Plug in America

“EV adoption continues to grow, especially as manufacturers introduce new models and the used market becomes more robust,” said Joel Levin, executive director of Plug In America , a national nonprofit whose mission is accelerating the shift to EVs and one of the organizations behind Drive Electric Earth Month. Last year U.S.

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Hot Tub Time Machine WayBack Wednesday – Reposted Word-for-Word from June 25 of 2008

Creative Greenius

Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Right now, here in 2008 the cat is on the roof for global warming. PLUG IN – make your next car a plug in electric car and plug it into the new solar panels you need to get. There’s an old joke that most of us baby boomers first heard when we were kids. ” “What!?

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Bright Automotives Plug-in IDEA Debuts on Tuesday

Green Car Congress

Bright Automotive will unveil its IDEA plug-in hybrid concept on Tuesday in Washington, DC. Bright Automotive launched in January 2008 from Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) with the goal of building on the work of a consortium of organizations, including Alcoa, Google.org, Johnson Controls and the Turner Foundation.

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

Blink Charging

Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. NDEW is a nationwide celebration that is meant to raise awareness of the benefits of driving electric vehicles and their plug-in hybrid cousins.

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Partying with Plug In America

Revenge of the Electric Car

Saturday September 27th, 2008 : Immediately after the Santa Monica 2008 AltCarExpo , “ Who Killed the Electric Car? &# Director Chris Paine graciously hosted Plug In America ’s very first fundraiser at his PV+EV residence in Culver City, CA. Mmmmm.Tesla. Click here to see more photos from the party. ].

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Plug-in Manufacturers Grow

Plug In Partners

H ere's the Mazda story thanks to Autocar: Mazda plans Volt rival Autocar August 28, 2008 Autocar has learned that Mazda engineers are hard at work trying to develop a rival to the Chevrolet Volt – a car which uses a petrol engine to charge a battery pack which powers the wheels via an electric motor.

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California Energy Commission Approves $800K in four regional grants to prepare for electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

The CEC proposed awarding nine grants this year under this particular program (Solicitation PON-10-602, Regional Plans to Support Plug-In Electric Vehicle Readiness.) The council will help promote the use of plug-in electric vehicles in the San Diego area and create a set of consistent best management practices to simplify their introduction.

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