2005 California Cars Initiative Year-End Report. In the green media, EVWorld.com opened a new "electric hybrids" area for expanded PHEV coverage, and hybridcars.com invited CalCars to provide input and launch a blog. Our "Power, Plugs and People" blog at hybridcars.com has also generated high levels of response. MORE >>

Then at the CalCars blog, Power Plugs and People, I posted my views on what it all meant: "Did Toyota Blunder Today at NPR? And the California Air Resources Board has repeatedly assured us they will fully cooperate with OEMs seeking approval for a PHEV. MORE REASONS FROM TOYOTA -- AND OUR RESPONSES. battery technology; 2. cost; 3. MORE >>

Blogs by a leading journalist on "clean tech" and by the national Plug-In Partners campaign have joined in expressing their hopes that Ford will see a benefit in. His bi-weekly column, Clean Break, is the basis of a blog of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the cleantech market. MORE >>

On GM's blog (below), he said on Sept 20, "We are also studying plug-in hybrids, and will have more to say about those soon. You may have heard by now that last week I told media assembled at our press event in Southern California that GM has big plans for fuel cell technology. For his bio, see [link]. link]. By Bob Lutz. link]. MORE >>

Online, the package includes an entertaining "Plug-in Hybrids: The Realist Reporter's View" blog by the article's author, Ben Hewitt, describing his oscillation between true believer and skeptic. Both Hymotion, a Toronto company, and California-based EDrive Systems convert stock hybrids to PHEVs for fleet clients, at $12,000 a pop. MORE >>