Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

Bowing to the burgeoning electric vehicle industry in both countries, President Obama and President Hu Jin Tao announced the formation of the U.S.-China China Electric Vehicles Initiative. Tags: us-china electric vehicles initiative fedex nissan electrification coalition. Download it.

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JUNE 12, 2009

Oregon's House has passed a bill to end the $1500 tax credit for conventional hybrid vehicles on the last day of 2009. After that point only plug-in vehicles qualify. House Bill 2180 , which passed overwhelmingly, Creates specific tax credit for purchasers of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and related equipment.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

From Plug In America: Last year, Plug In America, along with electric vehicle and EV infrastructure manufacturers from coast to coast, worked with members of the House and Senate to get a critical plug-in vehicle infrastructure tax credit into the stimulus bill. And then you helped us get it passed!

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 8, 2009

Bush as a pollution-free solution for reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, will not be practical over the next 10 to 20 years, the energy secretary said Thursday, and the government will cut off funds for the vehicles’ development. Tags: stephen Chu fuel cell vehicle CARB hydrogen. It's about time. Source: NY Times.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 13, 2011

Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) home wall units are priced at between about $1000 and $2500. I believe in government support for electric vehicles (and many other things also on the congressional chopping block at the moment.) Plug-in cars are being delivered at long last. Plus installation. Need it cost this much?

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 21, 2010

"In an interview with The Chronicle, Musk said the new alliance would produce a joint Toyota-Tesla car that would be a Toyota vehicle powered by a Tesla drive-train, hitting the market before the Model S. The companies also plan to develop other electric vehicles together, he said." Source: San Francisco Chronicle ].

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 17, 2009

We have a small number of vehicles in Paris, France and in the UK and we're involved in gathering some data to understand how consumers actually use these vehicles.We We have a small number of vehicles in Paris, France and in the UK and we're involved in gathering some data to understand how consumers actually use these vehicles.We

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Next month at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, we will discuss in detail Ford’s accelerated vehicle electrification plan, which includes bringing a family of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles to market by 2012. Nominally, at least, the Detroit 3 are now on board.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 11, 2008

At last month's Board Meet, Sperling spearheaded a proposal to cut the number of zero emission vehicles required by the ZEV program. Spirling has been a major proponent, along with the automakers and oil companies, of shifting the program's emphasis from near-term battery electric cars to decades-away hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 15, 2010

And three streetside at City Hall, trumpeted in signage as a "Green Vehicle Showcase." Usage at the City Hall location is restricted; only official city and ZipCar plug-in vehicles may use them. The day has finally arrived when they could be used as intended, for opportunity charging and to showcase the arrival of electric vehicles.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 14, 2011

The iMiev has become the fastest selling car in its segment, beating out gas vehicles. It's not paid it's bills since February, according to Swedish parts supplier AQ Wiring Systems. At the same time, sales of electric cars are booming in Norway. 764 new electric cars were registered in the first five months of the year. Source: E24 ].

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 8, 2011

Costco, the big box retailer, has for over a decade been the business with more electric vehicle charge stations in more places around California than any other.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 29, 2011

Four electric vehicle charging stations were unveiled today at a new parking structure in downtown South San Francisco. For the time being, there is no charge for either the parking or charging for vehicles that plug in. The Coulomb J-plug/120V units were installed under grants to ChargePoint America (DOE and CEC money).

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 5, 2008

In his blog he writes: Originally conceived of in 1990, the California ZEV program has morphed over time from just an electric car mandate to incorporate a broad spectrum of clean, advanced technology vehicles, such as hybrids. There’s a contradiction in those two sentences. BEVs in contrast could be sold at a profit.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 20, 2011

While governments scrape together money to roll out a public charging infrastructure for the plug-in cars that are already being delivered to customers, Mercedes is pleading for more money to enable hydrogen fuel cell vehicles they have failed to deliver for a decade. Source: AutoBlogGreen ].

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 20, 2010

Model S and subsequent vehicles will be made at NUMMI. And they take their great knowledge of electric vehicles off the shelf where it gathers dust. Biggest EV news since Carlos Ghosn got religion. I just watched the press conference where Musk and Toyoda announced an agreement. Toyota's investing in Tesla. It's also great for Toyota.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 23, 2008

There will be no press conference devoted to the vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show, where it will simply be displayed. It’s a concept we are bringing to the show basically to confirm our interest in electric vehicles,” Hartline told the Detroit Free Press. The message, from spokeswoman Jana Hartline, is don't expect more information.

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APRIL 30, 2009

Tags: david letterman fuel cell vehicle hydrogen battery electric car elon musk.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 28, 2009

Here are some gems from his screed against the Volt, and electric cars in general, in today's paper: "GM wouldn't be in quite so deep a hole if it had not sunk a billion dollars, and much of its corporate reputation, into a not-very-realistic plug-in electric hybrid vehicle known as the Chevrolet Volt." But I hope it won't.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 27, 2009

nk can fulfill existing orders for thousands of vehicles took to the streets on Tuesday. A concrete proposal for a Guarantee Institute for Electric Vehicles was presented to the government. In Norway, the effort to find a means to get financing so Th!nk

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

It will be next to impossible to pass comprehensive climate legislation in the next two years, but it appears Reid will focus on a series of low-hanging-fruit provisions that are popular on both sides of the aisle, including bills to incentivize electric vehicles, improve energy efficiency and weatherize homes.

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Plugs and Cars

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Perry said there will be some expense in outfitting garages to power the electric vehicles. He said California already has 660 electric vehicle charging stations. He said California already has 660 electric vehicle charging stations. A fast charge takes 26 minutes, he said. A fast charge takes 26 minutes, he said.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 1, 2007

The electric cars produced to meet the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate uniquely contribute on all three counts. 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. pollution.

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DECEMBER 18, 2009

The press release headline blares: "PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLE COSTS LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BENEFITS MODEST FOR DECADES." The message from those attempting to derail the inevitable plug on vehicles is always the same - we've got to keep trying everything. Department of Energy. An odd-sounding committee, really, albeit imbued with gravitas.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2007

Xcel Energy announced the results of a six-month study related to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and how an increase in their popularity may affect Colorado. The study revealed that these cars, each equipped with a 9 kilowatt-hour battery, could reduce overall CO2 vehicles emissions by half.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

There is an existing market for electric vehicles, especially among those who can afford the extra cost of limited-production new technology vehicles. For years BMW disparaged electric cars, and poured money into liquid hydrogen ICE vehicles and promoted them ad nauseum. The only problem? There are no cars for sale.

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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. Yes, 630 vehicles over a three year period from 2012 to 2014.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

Czinger, who has pretty much been the public face of the Miles Electric Vehicles spin-off since he joined in 2008 – and a substantial shareholder – will adopt the role of senior strategic advisor. Source: AutoBlogGreen ].

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APRIL 9, 2007

Green Wombat reports on the Vehicle to Grid (V2G) capability demonstrated by PG&E. Tags: pge plug-in prius vehicle to grid plug-in hybrid v2g barbara boxer. Barbara Boxer attended a Silicon Valley Alternative Energy Summit today and PG&E was there with its plug-in hybrid Prius. I hope Sen. Boxer had an epiphany.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 7, 2007

Low emission vehicles will receive a rebate, high emission cars will be assessed a fee. As reported on the Green Car Congress website , electric vehicles would receive 5 times the rebate available to the best currently conceivable ICE vehicle.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 7, 2009

In the wake of Secretary Chu's defunding hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles, Toyota continues its assault on the inevitable plug. They don't want to be rushed into it.

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 7, 2009

Even the best ethanol-producing technologies with hybrid vehicles aren't enough to overcome this." Some approaches to bioenergy can make climate change worse, but other limited approaches can help fight climate change,” says Campbell.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2008

will display a battery electric vehicle concept at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. This display marks the world debut of this concept vehicle. The press release couldn't be shorter. TORRANCE, Calif., 22 -- Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., It's hard not to be snarky. Toyota will display a concept EV!

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 2, 2008

As I stated in my testimony before CARB's Zero Emission Vehicle Program meeting last week, to understand the conflict of interest one need look no further than the CARB homepage, where hydrogen and fuel cells – not ZEVs - receive prominent placement, with no equivalent recognition of battery electrics.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Surely a strong argument can be made that something approaching a cabal turned a practical electric-cars-on-the-road mandate into a research and development program for hydrogen fuel cells vehicles. Groups such as Plug In America are asking for parity for Zero Emission Vehicles of whatever type. CARB Chairwoman Mary Nichols agrees."People

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 3, 2007

He mentions continued focus on hybrid technologies, including "research and development for plug-in hybrids" and the introduction in Brazil of a "flexible fuel vehicle (FFV) that can run on 100 percent bioethanol fuel." Not a word about hydrogen or fuel cells.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 24, 2009

As reported in the NY Times, “Chinese leaders have adopted a plan aimed at turning the country into one of the leading producers of hybrid and all-electric vehicles within three years, and making it the world leader in electric cars and buses after that.”

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