Plugs and Cars

JUNE 19, 2007

With Google's street cred (Wall Street and your street,) intellectual prowess and financial clout, electricity may at long last get a seat at the table. Just as Toyota announces delays on the next-generation (read plug-in hybrid) Prius and Honda cancels its hybrid Accord, Google has thrown down the gauntlet.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 6, 2008

Rechargeit.org , Google.org's campaign for plug-in cars, has issued a call for short videos. If you've got one, explain how it works for you. If you want one, explain why. Videos are beginning to show up on youtube. Jeff U'ren drove an EV1 for three years.well, the vid tells the tale.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Google translate sure knows how write a headline. Seems the deal between Better Place and its Danish partner Dong Energy has gone south. BP Denmark has gone through the initial investment of 400 kroner, and Dong denies an obligation to loan more. Regarding additional funding of Better Place Denmark, "it is our choice.

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 18, 2007

Google Guys Th!nk The founders of Google have made personal investments in Tesla as befits dotcom billionaires, and they're converting Priuses to plug-in hybrids for the company fleet with battery maker A123. A number of websites ( webpronews.com , pandia.com ) are reporting that Google may be getting more involved with Th!nk

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 21, 2007

Google is spending oodles doing it to their cars, but the rest of us need the carmakers to produce the plug-in hybrids and electric cars we want. Rainforest Action Network is prodding Toyota to add plugs to their hybrids. Add your voice to the campaign by clicking here. Of course, Toyota could do it today with larger NiMH battery packs.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 3, 2012

Most workplaces can’t follow the Google model, where every driver gets a Level 2 charger despite the cost and inefficiency of an EV sitting all day at a charge station long after the charge is complete. How could we use the logic of workplace charging to buck up plug-in car sales?

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 12, 2007

A123 bought Hymotion and they are producing cars for Google's RechargeIT.org effort. Neither CARB incentives nor the efforts of Plug-in Partners have moved the auto makers to produce plug-in hybrids, so conversion efforts are moving along. HybridsPlus and EDrive have converted cars.

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