Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Mid level emitters, representing about 45% of the cars currently sold, will be unaffected. As reported on the Green Car Congress website , electric vehicles would receive 5 times the rebate available to the best currently conceivable ICE vehicle. An electric car would receive €5000 (over $7300.)

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CO2 Electric Cars Congress Cars 100

Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 2, 2007

VW's announced "Up Concept" city cars could have a Plug-in Hybrid version. Autoblog and Left Lane News are reporting VW will be showing a PHEV UP at the LA Auto Show. Sure would make a sweet all-electric city car! Sure would make a sweet all-electric city car! nk City that Ford confiscated in 2004.

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PHEV 2004 Cheap Concept 100

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 10, 2007

s Green Wombat blogger Todd Woody has written up an optimistic report on the Th!nk As I mentioned a week or so ago, the first new Th!nk nk City electric car has rolled off its Norwegian assemblyline. It wouldn't be the first time GE has dabbled in electric cars. Business 2.0's

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Norway Honda Electric Electrical 100

Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 18, 2010

It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. I may be most interested affordable electric cars, but this makes sense to me. Source: Detroit News ] Volvo might be getting serious about EVs. They showed a prototype Electric C30. Source: Autobloggreen.com ].

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Charging Cadillac EV1 Volvo 100

Plugs and Cars

MARCH 23, 2007

But there it is in a Detroit News Autos Insider piece today. Interest in plug-in cars of all sorts is real and growing. However, as the article points out, it feels like a trip down a well-traveled green road to nowhere. The auto industry has disappointed before when it comes to green technology. Last year, Ford Motor Co.

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Volt GM Plug-in Plug 100

Plugs and Cars

JULY 1, 2007

It is looking like the Governor's contribution to global warming is a lot of hot air touting his greenness while opposing the slightest additional measure proposed by an actual clean air professional. who sabotaged his efforts to make those first global warming regulations stronger and more expansive.

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San Jose San Francisco Mercury Global 100

Plugs and Cars

APRIL 22, 2007

In January GM announced the Volt, a smart idea that makes use of the two existing primary energy infrastructures - the electric grid and gasoline stations. With NiMH batteries - those that provide energy to every hybrid on the road and thousands of all-electric cars - the Volt plug-in hybrid could go into production today.

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