Plugs and Cars

MARCH 25, 2008

The Large Volume Manufacturers, the automakers with obligations under the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Zero Emission Vehicle Program, have made a joint comment about the staff proposed revisions that will be voted on Thursday March 27 in Sacramento. Tags: california air resources board zev mandate.

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APRIL 19, 2008

Tags: stefano paris california air resources board Plug-in Hybrids plug in america.

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MAY 1, 2007

The California Air Resources Board , one of the culprits identified in Who Killed the Electric Car? , Tags: robert sawyer rangerev electric car california air resources board zero emission vehicle mandate zev mandate RAV4 EV CARB Who Killed the Electric Car? was originally charged with reducing pollution. They can do it again.

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APRIL 11, 2008

Tags: dan sperling california air resources board fuel cell vehicle Mary Nichols CARB hydrogen battery electric car.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Robert MacKenzie, managing director of the energy and natural resources group of FBR Capital Markets, said that in 11 years as an analyst, he could not recall another incident like this. There are rigs that burn down, but it’s usually during the drilling process and not when the rig is close to finishing the well,” he said.

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JULY 26, 2007

So he proposed at the California Air Resources Board ZEV workshop on Tuesday. Tags: plug-in prius california air resources board a123 systems plug-in hybrid les goldman. Les Goldman wants you to convert (your hybrid.) Easy as 123. An ARB ZEV meeting is ordinarily a predictable affair. Let the people convert!

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies. I don't think so. But Toyota's announcement itself should sow seeds of doubt.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Evidence for Electrics Piles Up at ZEVTech Plug In America and the Electric Auto Association were well represented and well received at the California Air Resources Board Zero Emission Vehicle Technical Review in Sacramento. Dave Hermance said producing more than 30 FCVs per generation is a waste of money and resources.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Electricity is a more renewable resource than ice in Iceland. Reva, the Indian electric car company best known for the G-Whiz in England, has signed a deal to bring their new product to Iceland with sales beginning within a year. The NXG and NXR, revealed at the Frankfurt Motor Show recently, have a Th!nk

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JULY 17, 2007

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.

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JANUARY 10, 2008

The long term gamble on hydrogen and fuel cells made with public money by the Air Resources Board ought finally receive serious scrutiny. John White, executive director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies. This is very good news. The ZEV program became an expensive research project.

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MAY 24, 2011

There were undoubtedly considerations beyond the mere efficient use of available public resources involved in the choice made. The City has sacrificed early expansion of charging beyond the downtown core which today contains the lion's share of the charging stations.

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JULY 3, 2012

As we consider where limited resources ought to go, we should recall that the workplace is the number 2 location for charging after the home (where about 80 - 90% of charging will occur.) But the efforts to ensure charging is available to enable the takeoff of plug-in cars has become bogged down. Because the cars sit for many hours.

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OCTOBER 4, 2007

in the big trucks, too,” said Deron Lovaas, vehicles expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council. Toyota, which pioneered the industry-leading, 50-miles-per-gallon Prius hybrid, has joined with the Big Three U.S. automakers in lobbying against the tougher mileage standards in the Senate version of the draft energy bill.“Toyota

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MAY 27, 2007

Tags: robert sawyer california air resources board zev mandate fuel cell hydrogen.

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MAY 3, 2007

Utilities and enviro organizations ought to join Google and provide serious resources to groups like CalCars.org and Plug In America to make the case for electricity. Ethanol and hydrogen promoters have their deep pocketed supporters (grain combines and the oil & gas industries) and receive the lion's share of the alt fuel attention.

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OCTOBER 6, 2007

But politicians and industry continue to play the political game as if there weren't serious consequences, squandering time and resources. There will be numerous plug-in choices available.

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MAY 19, 2007

nk City a few years ago, he told me the Sierra Club didn't have the resources to help save the ZEV mandate electric cars. Becker himself has long opposed putting any effort behind plug-in cars. When I spoke with him about Ford's confiscation of my all-electric, zero-petroleum, zero-carbon Th!nk

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JANUARY 31, 2007

Making it from corn (the only current source in this country) consumes so much other resources that the net energy savings are, by some accounts, nonexistent. Ethanol has less power per gallon than gasoline. It can be produced profitably only with fat subsidies. and politicians such as Grassley.

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JULY 3, 2007

From the San Jose Mercury News : The executive director of the California Air Resources Board resigned Monday, saying the governor's office had made it impossible for her to do her job by interfering with the implementation of the state's landmark global warming law. But he seems to have a sense of what's happening on "I" Street.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I think it makes sense for public resources to drive the early rollout. As Richard Lowenthal said to me at the event: "Great deal!" But for whom? I want to see adequate public charging infrastructure installed in sensible locations.

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APRIL 22, 2010

Big Enviro - the national Sierra Club , the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC,) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) - have long been less than enthusiastic about plug-ins.

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OCTOBER 27, 2007

This catch-22 - you need the polluting engine running to keep the emissions mitigation running - has regulators including the California Air Resources Board (ARB) frowning upon PHEV conversions. Third party converters have spent time and resources tweaking their plug-in hybrids to meet ARB testing written with gasoline-only hybrids in mind.

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JULY 1, 2009

Tags: BMW california air resources board bmw mini e CARB battery electric car.

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JULY 27, 2013

Resources are limited. Neither scenario encourages co-workers to buy PEVs. The DOE EV Everywhere Challenge will provide a great service if it can help America’s employers open their arms to the arrival of employees pulling up in a plug-in car. The easiest and most economical first step is 120V outlets and a “Plug-in Cars Only” sign.'

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NOVEMBER 30, 2006

The environmental Big Three - Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Union of Concerned Scientists - remain on the sidelines of the plug-in discussion. While espousing the "electrification of the automobile," Waggoner made no firm committment.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

It was something called the "Committee on Assessment of Resource Needs for Development of Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Technology & Potential Impacts of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles" within the "Board on Energy & Environmental Systems" of the "Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences" of the National Academies of Science.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Bill likes his car and is resourceful, so he got a Blink card and ChargePoint card and an EVGO card and he makes do. Perhaps he figured electric cars are such duds it wouldn’t be long before Bill got a regular car. Then one day a few months ago Officer Bill''s boss changed and the replacement said Bill could no longer plug in.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2006

If you are a member of the Sierra Club, the Natural Resources Defense Council, or the Union of Concerned Scientists, let them know you want them to support efforts to bring plug-in cars to market. . Cars have gotten cleaner, but there are more of them. And over time, even the cleanest hybrid gets dirtier.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2006

CARB Ducks H2 Controversy For over six months, Plug In America has been in communication with The California Air Resources Board to obtain a response to Alec Brook’s analysis of Hydrogen vs Electricity for cars.

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JUNE 4, 2009

It hasn’t led to an immediate abandonment by the automakers of this long over-subsidized initiative, but it will help put a stopper in the drain on resources accelerated under President Bush. Energy Secretary Chu’s decision to defund hydrogen fuel cell vehicle programs was an unexpected and welcome decision.

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JUNE 30, 2011

To ensure effective and tough federal CAFE standards for 2017-2025, enviro groups are holding on to the California card - the state's right to set its own auto emissions standards - according to Jim Motavalli in the NY Times. Read the full story here. Source: NY Times ].

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AUGUST 18, 2007

GM hasn’t got the resources or good will banked to do both plug-in and fuel cell roll-outs, and it knows only one of those has a near term prospect for success. We’ve all got electricity at home and work right now, and we’d like to use it for our cars.

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APRIL 22, 2007

The California Air Resources Board acquiesced in the crushing of all those electric cars and turned its back on its own success. Tags: e-flex plug-in hybrid chevy volt RAV4 EV Bob Lutz Lithium hydrogen sharon terlep california air resources board GM serial hybrid toyota CARB NiMH. Write CARB.

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JULY 8, 2007

Robert Sawyer, recently fired as Chair of the California Air Resources Board by Gov. Schwarzenegger, has handed his letter to the Governor to the press. Take a look.

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JANUARY 21, 2008

Intellectual and financial resources aplenty. Carlos Ghosn, chairman of Nissan and Renault will participate in the announcement. As I have commented before, there is no better proving grounds for EVs than Israel. Lots of cars but no great distance to travel.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2007

The California Air Resources Board's (CARB) monthly meeting today included the adoption of the State Alternative Fuel Plan. Tags: electric car california air resources board plug-in hybrid california energy commission. And quite a buffet it is.

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