Plugs and Cars

MAY 19, 2007

Simply put, as the first sentence of the article states, [W]hen consumers understand what plug-in hybrids are, they want them. Tags: ethanol plug-in hybrid flex-fuel. All that's needed, the survey discovered, is a dollop of education. Wonder why? The answer is contained in another part of the survey.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 20, 2007

In the wake of the Chevy Volt presentation by GM, my "plug-in hybrid" google alert has filled my inbox with reports from other automakers about their PHEV projects. You can't keep such a good idea as plug-in hybrids down, but it can be delayed. The buzz about the Volt has generated automaker PR reactions.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 24, 2007

Hatz, in short: Hybrids are bogus - "a very expensive way to save a small amount of fuel." But because Americans have fallen for the idea, the politically expedient thing for VW to do is make some hybrids. Hybrids' PR payoff is bigger than their environmental benefit. What about diesel hybrids?

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2009

There has never been a shortage of stories in the press denigrating plug-in electric cars. Because people naturally, logically believe electric cars are a good idea. The press release headline blares: "PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE COSTS LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BENEFITS MODEST FOR DECADES." Department of Energy. Stacked deck?

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 26, 2007

Les Goldman wants you to convert (your hybrid.) Now, to add some further complication, everyone's got religion on plug-in hybrids. A plug-in hybrid, one could say, simply integrates electric drive into a car with internal combustion. Even the Prius and Civic Hybrid are quite different. Easy as 123.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 27, 2006

The MIT Technology Review reports plug-in hybrids a big 2006 energy story: "The plug-in hybrid-vehicle era begins. For years, hobbyists and a few companies have been adding bigger battery packs to hybrid vehicles, which have both battery power and an internal combustion engine, and plugging them into electrical outlets.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 6, 2006

Of course, he said, every effort must continue to move toward a zero-carbon economy, but we need to get our collective head around the idea that our carbon emissions have warmed up the earth, and it's going to get even warmer. GM has just given environmentalists a opening with its plug-in hybrid announcement. More Katrina's.

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