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Al Gore plugs electric cars on Daily Show

Plugs and Cars

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 see past the dirty, coal-produced power many plug-ins would utilize, despite the environmental benefits. Tags: al gore battery electric car. Now he's sees a EVs a'comin'.

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Al Gore Joins Call for Electric Cars

Plugs and Cars

Buried in Al Gore's challenge today calling for a 100% renewable electric grid within ten years is a call for plug-in electric cars. We could further increase the value and efficiency of a Unified National Grid by helping our struggling auto giants switch to the manufacture of plug-in electric cars.

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Gore's group on board with plug-ins

Plugs and Cars

The Alliance for Climate Protection, Al Gore's group, has taken another step toward promoting plug-in cars (all electric cars and plug-in hybrids) with its RePower America campaign. Let's hope Al Gore's been saying as much to President Obama (doesn't that sound great!).

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years.

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Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid makes first deliveries

Green Cars News

The very first Fisker Karma models have begun to roll off the production line, as the firm makes its first deliveries of the plug-in hybrid model. First models are already been snatched up, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Gore and Colin Powell rumoured to be among the first customers.

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News Summary I

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T he Plug In Partners Blog celebrates its first year of publishing this month. Cars: It's a Start February 5, 2006 Cities to seek plug-in hybrids Janurary 24, 2006 Coalition Turns On to 'Plug-In Hybrids' January 26, 2006 More News Here are the years most important stories that we have either highlighted or linked.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Are You Plugged In? Some of the first plug-in electric passenger vehicles are slated to roll onto U.S. How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. By Mara Lemos Stein.

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