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Australia introduces its first exhaust rule but makes all the mistakes the US did

Baua Electric

And giant SUVs have, in turn, eliminated the auto emissions gains we could have had if cars had remained normal sized. A bill containing the new auto emissions rules will be introduced in parliament this week. Electrek’s Take Like with the new EPA rules, we obviously think that a huge step forward in auto emissions is a positive step.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Despite a surge in interest, electric cars may remain niche products in the world’s two largest auto markets. Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. Advocates disagree. By Jaeah Lee, Contributor.

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Goodbye GM, Hello Tianjin-Qingyuan Electric Vehicle Company?

Plugs and Cars

I write a monthly column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. And these days a billion dollars is barely a rounding error in the money going to prop up the American auto industry. Here's my April column. GM CEO Rick Waggoner was pushed out and the company got sixty days to get its act together.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

In the past the auto industry has responded to incentives and guidelines set by government agencies and reengineered their product to meet this requirement. See Appendix G for a speculative picture of how a 15-year transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Hawaii can be accomplished.)

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Everything is on the table."

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Electric Car Manufacturers Inspire New Paradigms -- Seeking Alpha

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. Did you really expect the domestic auto industry to maintain marketshare when we opened our market to free trade without first getting commitments from those other countries to open theirs?