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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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Hydrogen Council study: hydrogen could contribute to 20% of CO2 emissions reduction targets by 2050

Green Car Congress

Hydrogen is an indispensable resource to achieve this transition because it can be used to store and transport wind, solar and other renewable electricity to power transportation and many other things. According to the study , if deployed at scale, hydrogen could account for almost one-fifth of total final energy consumed by 2050.

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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. Based on these new rules, several vehicles will no longer qualify for the IRA tax credit, including the Nissan Leaf, BMW X5 xDrive45e, Genesis Electrified GV70, Rivian R1S and R1T, and plug-in hybrid Volvos and Audis.

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Driving on sunshine

Plug in America

“Well, I confess, I still go to a gas station regularly—to clean my damn windows,” says my friend and fellow Plug In America co-founder Ron Freund. But even better, to me: Darell’s daughter, Kyra Lee, 20, has never known a world without EVs and certainly doesn’t consider them “alternative” transportation.

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Letter from Copenhagen

Revenge of the Electric Car

Two weeks in on a trip to Denmark and my perspective on weather and transportation had shifted. The Toronto Mayor jumped from an all electric Mitsubishi to a plug in hybrid Fitzker positively on fire for them both. But what I really wanted was…a bicycle. The fastest way across town was on a bike regardless of conditions.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Here we go again.or

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What about the Pickens Plan?

Plugs and Cars

The good news about electricity as a transportation fuel for cars is finally breaking through to the mainstream. But we can use the electricity generated with each to power plug-in cars. Tags: joe romm pickens plan t boone pickens al gore cng. Hundreds of articles were published asking if the Volt can save GM.

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