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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

Seamless integration of PHEVs into the electric grid will require close collaboration between the automobile and electric sectors.” PHEVs use domestically produced electricity delivered through the grid, with a lower cost to fuel the vehicles than that of petroleum fuels. Aptera, of Carlsbad, Calif.,

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And the EVA Board candidates are…

Electric Auto Association

Historically, being one of the five locals that created the Mid America Electric Automobile Association in 1992. Jim’s Candidate Statement: The Mid America Electric Automobile Association (MAEAA) defined our post COVID world by addressing three questions—who are we, what do we do, and how do we do it?

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Alternative Energy Transportation videos: Aptera and Tesla

Green Cars News

Recharging Transportation” offers viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the innovative California-based startup, Aptera Motors. Aptera Motors, and other new energy startups like it, are answering the energy challenges today and helping to provide clean technology jobs to the next generation of autoworkers. www.aptera.com.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. . and Chrysler. .’s

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Expects production around 2014.

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