Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 1, 2012

This is the month to spread the word about alternative fuel vehicles! We made this film with the intent of opening a conversation about electric vehicles, so we urge you to invite your EV-skeptical friends over to see the film and discuss it with them afterward.

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JUNE 17, 2009

Those at the top of the Obama administration understand the need to move from dirty fossil fuels to renewable electricity, and their efforts so far show they are serious. .&# While most may have missed the importance of this comment, it meant everything to me.

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MAY 17, 2010

China, for example, plans to build around one million battery-powered vehicles per year from 2012 onwards, fueled by generous incentives for both car makers and consumers. Other countries such as the U.S., China, France and U.K. Still, rapid changes are unlikely, as many crucial issues related to electric vehicles have yet to be solved.

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DECEMBER 8, 2008

AC Propulsion, has been converting gas-fueled cars to electric for two decades. Hanks purchased the very first consumer eBox back in 2006 and uses it as his primary vehicle for all SoCal commuting. Kristen writes: &# Imagine taking the car you drive now, and never having to stop at a gas station ever again. Is this the way of the future?

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MARCH 18, 2010

Nissan is committed to new fuel efficient green cars, expecting the market to fill 10 per cent of the auto industry by 2020. Speaking to the BBC, Lord Mandelson said: “By working together we can achieve our aim of making the UK a world-leader in ultra-low carbon vehicles.”. Companies news posted by Carla Windsor.

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JANUARY 27, 2009

Weight and poor design result in a disproportionate amount of fuel consumption in vehicles, Waters said. A one cent increase in the price of fuel raises the operating budget of the federal government by $8 million, Waters said. “That’s a lot of money the federal government is putting into fuel,&# he said.

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MARCH 8, 2010

In the Hybrid mode, the 918 Spyder uses both the electric motors and the combustion engine as a function of driving conditions and requirements, offering a range from particularly fuel-efficient all the way to extra-powerful.”.

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OCTOBER 10, 2008

The only oil that gets used here goes towards fueling our worldwide addiction (which Iceland shares) to the internal combustion engine. After the two day conference, we stayed on to film for “Revenge,&# because Iceland’s electricity is 100% renewable — the perfect place for EVs.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Fuel prices dropped dramatically as a result of the recession, and reviews of the 41-miles per gallon car took issue with its sluggish performance and clunky transmission. Daimler is already working on a next generation battery pack developed with Evonik Industries AG. Smart sold 24,622 cars in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy tests and an estimate 833. The Roadster is charged not with gas but with a 240-volt house plug which. powers a battery pack in the trunk. Tesla estimates the cost savings. compared to a similar gas power car is $85 per month, based on. miles driven a month.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2008

The Roadster is faster then anything on the road, including the young guy in a fuel cell SUV who improbably challenged me to a Saturday night race on Hollywood Blvd. My first electric car, twelve years ago, turned me from a car-hater into a car-lover, and the Tesla only heats this up more. Yes he was joking.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

As you know, today I strongly urge Congress to withhold any bailout funds from the auto industry, unless and until the industry agrees to mass-produce fuel efficiency automobiles; electric cars. Congress should not, under any circumstances, release the bailout money to automobile manufacturers without making these demands.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Regardless, once the $7,500 tax credit is accounted for, and the much lower maintenance costs, these should be about the same as buying a gas car, only the fuel will be less than a dollar a gallon equivalent. Carlos Ghosn must like the wine up that way or something.). And your money stays domestic.

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JANUARY 21, 2009

The second big problem with hydrogen is that it’s very expensive — energy-expensive — to make hydrogen fuel. And on the environmental side, people are saying, “I’d rather have something I can fuel myself or has less of a carbon footprint.&#

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Three years ago, my entreaties to RMI to help out with the EV movement were met with slightly better than indifference since they were hell-bent to make the Hypercar work with a fuel cell power plant. They may still harbor love for the concept, but the realities of the marketplace have proven that technology a non-starter.

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JANUARY 15, 2009

We also have one waste vegetable oil van, one sustainably harvested jatropha fuel truck and one solar-roofed diesel car that charges laptops and cameras. This is ideal, I thought, not only for fossil fuels, but for electric car charging as well. I asked if they could pick up some fuel for us on the highway outside Hyderabad.

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JANUARY 22, 2009

The conversion can double or even triple fuel economy, thereby severely limiting carbon dioxide emissions. As a result, the plug-ins burn much less fuel, thereby significantly reducing CO2 emissions. When gasoline-powered vehicles are turned off, some of the fuel in the gas tank evaporates.

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MARCH 9, 2009

businesses that need small- to mid-sized intra-city delivery and work trucks are willing to look beyond conventionally fueled models in hopes that alternative energy models will save fuel and maintenance money in the long-run. Now EVI believes cash-strapped U.S.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

That’s the beauty of the new tug: it doesn’t have to waste fuel and engine hours (while spewing out emissions) when doing little or nothing. And it rarely idles the main engines, which is the least fuel efficient and dirtiest load condition. Foss partnered with Canada’s Aspin Kemp & Associates to produce the new hybrid.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

If we continue to trash these with fossil fuels, our situation will get worse and worse. CHRIS: I care about the health and the quality of life whether its drinking water, the air that we burn up with our cars, or the food we consume everyday. This is a shame because we have the intelligence and renewable resources to do much better.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

And President Barack Obama told the country during his inaugural address: “We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.&#. Energy security, the politics and marketing of oil and concerns about climate change are creating an unprecedented global push toward electric vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

cents a mile for fuel, less than a third of the cost for a highly efficient gasoline car, according to proponents. If electric cars do take off, consumers and society could benefit. Battery-powered motors are more efficient than gasoline engines. They cost drivers on average only 2.5

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MAY 11, 2009

They claim the Idea will save a 250 vehicle fleet company more than $500,000 a year in reduced fuel costs. For a typical drive of 50 miles, that means the truck will consume just half a gallon of gasoline — equivalent to 100mpg fuel efficiency. Neat.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2008

“I have made it a high priority for my transition team to work on additional policy options to help the auto industry adjust, weather the financial crisis and succeed in producing fuel-efficient cars here in the United States of America,” he said. But the Bush administration, thus far, has balked at providing any additional financing.

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