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Southern chapters embrace EV inclusion

Electric Auto Association

Increased diversity seen in 2021 National Drive Electric Week events. EV Club of the South NDEW event in the Atlanta area. Electric Auto Association (EAA) chapters in the southern U.S. states experienced an increase in diversity when it came to this year’s National Drive Electric Week events.

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Southern chapters embrace EV inclusion

Electric Auto Association

Increased diversity seen in 2021 National Drive Electric Week events. EV Club of the South NDEW event in the Atlanta area. Electric Auto Association (EAA) chapters in the southern U.S. states experienced an increase in diversity when it came to this year’s National Drive Electric Week events.

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Students Use Their Tech Know-How to Protect the Environment

Cars That Think

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council , climate change contributes to severe weather events such as hurricanes, flooding, and tornadoes, as well as long-term drought and regularly occurring heat events in traditionally moderate climate zones. Their Project DIANA uses a drone to detect gas concentrations in the air.

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UCS proposes plug-in cars roadblock: What's wrong with Big Enviro?

Plugs and Cars

At the SAE World Congress, Union of Concerned Scientists [Research Director of the Clean Vehicles Program] Dave Friedman stated that automakers should be responsible for the methods used to generate power for electric vehicles. This will all change as plug-in electric cars hit the road. Let's be clear. May that day come soon.

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July/August '06 - Activists Promote the Film, Ford Retreats on Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

Who Killed the Electric Car opens across America EAA chapters turn out for openings Summer 2006 has been all about “Who Killed the Electric Car?” Reviews of the movie by the score have been fueled by $75 per barrel oil and the fear of $4 per gallon gas. Cars have gotten cleaner, but there are more of them. Sierra Club.

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Is GM's Plug-in Hybrid for Real? What Say Big Enviro?

Plugs and Cars

The environmental Big Three - Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Union of Concerned Scientists - remain on the sidelines of the plug-in discussion. And now Rick Waggoner of GM, creator and killer of the EV1, has again breached the industry taboo on connecting to the cleaner, cheaper, ubiquitous electric grid.

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Sierra Club California Weighs in for Electric Cars at CARB

Plugs and Cars

The California Air Resources Board's (CARB) monthly meeting today included the adoption of the State Alternative Fuel Plan. The biofuel folks weren't complaining about their designation as the short term best hope for greenhouse gas and petroleum reduction. And quite a buffet it is. Usually NG and hydrogen appear wedded at the hip.

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