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EPRI/NRDC Plug-in Hybrid Enviro Assessment to be Released

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The long awaited report assessing the environmental impact of plug-in hybrids undertaken by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council will see the light of day on Thursday morning in Washington DC. Tags: plug-in partners plug-in hybrid chevy volt.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

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Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. I wish I knew what’s holding Gore back from full-throated support for plug-in cars.

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WashPost: Volt Caused GM's woes

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Charles Lane is a member of the editorial page staff of the Washington Post. Tags: Charles Lane GM Washington Post chevy volt. Essentially he saying that even the success of the electric car ensures its failure. Read the entire (hit) piece here.

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Flawed PHEV report has legs

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

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Bush Uses Alternative Fuels

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Thus begins Dana Milbank's story in the Washington Post today. The plug-in hybrid and Phoenix showing on the White House lawn seems a flash in the pan. Tags: ethanol GM plug-in hybrid cellulosic ethanol Bob Lutz alternative fuels Rick Wagoner biodiesel. Six altfuel events for the Prez already this year.

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Is GM Playing Games with the Volt?

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As I've blogged previously , I want to believe as much as the next guy that the Volt - GM's announced plug-in hybrid - is real. The ZEV mandate offered a way to get plug-in cars - zero-emission, zero-petroleum, zero-carbon producing cars - on the road outside the CAFE protocol. Now the shoe is on the other foot.

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

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Plug In America and other Electric Auto Association chapters have been actively promoting the film with a guerilla marketing campaign aimed at raising awareness. Subsequent to that hearing, CARB pulled the plug on battery EVs and put its effort behind hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. In July it will open in every major American market.

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