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Plugin Hybrids to save Big Three, Lee Iacocca

Plugs and Cars

What can the auto industry do? Particularly the parts where he blasts detroit lack of leadership and also particularly the Bush administration. From a new interview in Fortune and his new upcoming book, " Where Have all the Leaders Gone ?": Plug-in hybrids. I think they're virtually here now."

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

Green Car Congress

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co., Detroits horsepower jockey insists the Volt will be his crowning achievement--and his swan song. Detroit Free Press ). Detroit News ).

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