Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Bonnie Holms-Gen of the Lung Association were there to lend their voices of protest against the auto industry's continuing legal assault on California. The auto manufacturers have sued to stop progress before. If you’ve seen the film Who Killed the Electric Car?,

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2009

I write a monthly column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. At the same time, the value to the economy and environment of a major push for plug-in cars as part of the recovery hasn’t sunk in at the top. At the moment only Tesla is putting cars on the road, at the rate of about 20 per week.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 21, 2006

Changing of the guard at the auto makers' industry group the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM). Former Democratic Congressman Dave McCurdy takes his lobbying skills from Electronics to Autos. Woolsey is one of the higher profile advocates for plug-in cars. No reason to believe that stance will change.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 13, 2007

Detroit and it's Congressional defenders are again suggesting that what's good for America will kill Big Auto. The Detroit Free Press story headline tells the tale: House talk on plug-in cars erupts Mich. auto industry. The Detroit Free Press story headline tells the tale: House talk on plug-in cars erupts Mich.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 9, 2007

The state policy of purchasing flex-fuel cars has actually increased petroleum consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and smog in California. It's cheap to make a car flex-fuel. So as long as it seems a green option, it's a win-win for the little green giant of the Republican party and the sclerotic giant of the auto industry.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 28, 2008

None can deny the importance of the auto industry to the American economy, but no one was in the mood to pay obeisance to the once-powerful supplicants. Many would like to see a bailout with strings to drive retooling for plug-in cars. Bankruptcy itself seems to be on the table.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 28, 2007

We already have the technology right here at home to power most of the cars in America,” said Cantwell. “We We produce enough extra electricity right now to supply as much as 70 percent of the power needed by our cars, pickup trucks, and SUVs. auto industry regain its competitive edge.”.

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