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Electric Auto Association

An early advocate for green energy, he drove the car to Sacramento in 2003, stopping in Davis, California to charge overnight before testifying before the California Air Resources Board (CARB). More of late, the chapter is sponsoring ride-and-drives at San Jose’s Lake Cunningham Park in partnership with Breathe California.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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5/17/06 "Plugin hybrids have a lot of promise, especially to displace oil consumption. Davis Illingworth, a senior vice president with Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Shiraishi said the two major challenges to introducing a hybrid is the current battery capacity, which has to improve significantly, and speed of recharging it. Reuters ).

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