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Gore's group on board with plug-ins

Plugs and Cars

The Alliance for Climate Protection, Al Gore's group, has taken another step toward promoting plug-in cars (all electric cars and plug-in hybrids) with its RePower America campaign. Let's hope Al Gore's been saying as much to President Obama (doesn't that sound great!).

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years.

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Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid makes first deliveries

Green Cars News

The very first Fisker Karma models have begun to roll off the production line, as the firm makes its first deliveries of the plug-in hybrid model. First models are already been snatched up, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Gore and Colin Powell rumoured to be among the first customers.

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81% of EVs Sold in 2023 Still Qualify for the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Life

The tax credit is part of a broader plan to make 50% of new vehicles sold in the United States hybrids or plug-ins by 2030. However, 90% of the vehicles that were eligible for the tax credit before April 18 are still eligible, according to Albert Gore , executive director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association.

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Plug In Partners

T he Plug In Partners Blog celebrates its first year of publishing this month. must not be 'hostage' to foreign oil February 20, 2006 MIT researchers invent new hybrid car battery February 7, 2006 Re-thinking the world's economic future February 7, 2006 100-M.P.G.

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June '06 - The Film Opens, CARB Ducks, PHEV Debut in DC

Plugs and Cars

Plug In America and other Electric Auto Association chapters have been actively promoting the film with a guerilla marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness. Global warming is taking center stage with the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, which is preceded by a trailer for the electric car documentary.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Are You Plugged In? Some of the first plug-in electric passenger vehicles are slated to roll onto U.S. How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. By Mara Lemos Stein.

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