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Traction Action

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Speaking at the Electric Drive Transportation Association annual meeting here, Duncan noted a number of key developments in the drive for plug-in vehicles : More than 95 cities, counties and state and federal agencies have joined Plug-in Partners, including Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Boston, Phoenix and Philadelphia AutoNation, the country’s largest (..)

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P G & E Plugs Drive

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million customers in California to pressure car manufacturers to mass-produce electric vehicles that can be plugged right into a standard home socket. million of them could hit the road by the year 2020, according to a study from the California Electric Transportation Coalition. wants its 5.1 billion gallons a year, the report said. “If

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The 80-20 Rule

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A study by EPRI , the California Air Resources Board, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and others (5.3MB PDF) concluded that plug-in hybrids produced substantially lower greenhouse gas emissions than either conventional gasoline cars or unplugged hybrids. Are the batteries ready?

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Volvo Diesels In

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Additionally, the C30 will have plug-in capabilities for overnight charging.Currently under development in Volvo's California development centre, the hybrid C30 is to be presented Autumn this year at the Challenge Bibendum international sustainable mobility event in Shanghai.

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Campaign Begins

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Nothing has to be invented to produce a plug-in hybrid vehicle,” says Dr. Andrew Frank, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of California at Davis and Director of the UCD Hybrid Electric Research Center. For example, an area pest control company has pledged to buy up to 150 light weight plug-in trucks, once they are produced.

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News Summary I

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Here are the years most important stories that we have either highlighted or linked. must not be 'hostage' to foreign oil February 20, 2006 MIT researchers invent new hybrid car battery February 7, 2006 Re-thinking the world's economic future February 7, 2006 100-M.P.G.

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The Plug In Scooter

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Toyota has now moved to have a plug-in approved in Japan and will test them on California campuses. G enerally, when we talk about Plug Ins , we think about automobiles. And there has been some big news on that front in the last few weeks. Meanwhile GM is actively moving forward on the Volt. This one might become a real favorite.

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