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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

Plug-in 100
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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Fighting to preserve the EVs that the automakers were crushing almost 20 years ago, saving up to 1,000 from the crusher, and helping keep the cause alive when the government, most environmental organizations, and the car companies had given up. I explain the features of electric cars and provide test drives to anyone that wants to drive ours.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Fighting to preserve the EVs that the automakers were crushing almost 20 years ago, saving up to 1,000 from the crusher, and helping keep the cause alive when the government, most environmental organizations, and the car companies had given up. I explain the features of electric cars and provide test drives to anyone that wants to drive ours.

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Is aviation the best application yet for hydrogen fuel cells?

Charged EVs

Passenger cars are well on their way to going electric, and the path to a big market share for heavy-duty EVs such as buses and delivery trucks is becoming clearer. Biological organisms are not great at converting sunlight into energy. UPS is running drone delivery operations, Google is running some operations.

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Coming Soon – The Electric City

Revenge of the Electric Car

Cities Prepare for Life With the Electric Car. From the article: “The San Francisco building code will soon be revised to require that new structures be wired for car chargers. Across the street from City Hall, some drivers are already plugging converted hybrids into a row of charging stations. February 15, 2010.

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More Electric Cars in Las Vegas with Stan Hanel's Story on the RAR'ster. with EVJerr Back to Webblogging, Sunday, 13 September 2009

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

The last time a production model of an electric car had traveled from coast to coast was in 1998, when an EV-1 made the journey without consuming an ounce of gasoline. This converted Toyota Prius is another type of Plug-in --a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). This time it would be with a Tesla Motors Roadster!