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Norweign Drivers switch to Electric Cars

EV Report

There has been a steady increase in electric and hybrid cars over the last decade in the US but still only 2 percent account for new car sales in the US. Americans still love their air-polluting and smog-producing gas guzzlers. As a result, buyers are using the perks which they get to convert to cash.

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FedEx boosts fleet with hybrid-electric trucks

Green Cars News

The FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles has leapt by more than 50 per cent from 172 to 264 after the company added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting existing models. These standard trucks used in the retrofit programme were models from 2000 or 2001 with 300,000-500,000 miles on the clock.

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Plug-In Hybrids (or Plugin Hybrids)

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. The GREET 1.6

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. 1 Point Reyes EVs Did You Know? EV Driver Profile: the Pauls Newsletter Vol. 4 Great Gifts! Why Am I a Member? htm Advocates of the Th!

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