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Toyota Plug In

Plug In Partners

Japan and Europe by 2010 , under a widespread "green" strategy outlined today.The ecological gas-electric vehicles, which can be recharged from a home electrical outlet , will target leasing customers, Toyota Motor Corp. Such plug-in hybrids can run longer as an electric vehicle than regular hybrids, and are cleaner. If so, how?

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The Road to Independence

Plug In Partners

The next hurricane that slams into the Gulf Coast could send prices up at the pump again. But the next car bomb that successfully explodes at a major Saudi oil facility could send fuel pump prices above $5 or $6 per gallon. The next stage is the plug-in hybrid charged not only by car systems but also by standard wall sockets.

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NYT Editorial

Plug In Partners

With the global oil market operating at close to zero excess capacity, oil prices are not coming down anytime soon. Beyond that, Ford should be putting more into developing plug-in hybrid vehicles , which can be plugged into the electricity grid, and a lot less into gas-guzzling sport utility vehicles.

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Nissan’s Big Gamble

Revenge of the Electric Car

CEO Carlos Ghosn is spending big money to make electric vehicles in high volumes — and soon. 2, Ghosn will unveil the first of three electric models in three vehicle segments that he plans to sell by 2013. Nissan is not alone in going electric. maker of Subaru cars, began leasing electric cars in Japan. .

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National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

Green Car Congress

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. In the cap-and-trade debate [in Washington] there was no real template, it was political from the beginning. We’re trying to avoid that.

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