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UCS proposes plug-in cars roadblock: What's wrong with Big Enviro?

Plugs and Cars

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has proposed what could be a huge roadblock to the further implementation of our sensible pro-plug-in car policies. Autobloggreen.com's report continues: Toyota's director of environmental technology, Tom Stricker, was shocked by what Friedman said. Let's be clear.

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German Battery, German Electric Car?

Plugs and Cars

An Agence France Presse report has produced a small flurry of articles this past week, here and here , for example, that has a German company developing Lithium batteries that would be suitable for electric cars. Of late, the French, Irish and Finns are creating feebate structures that could push electric cars.

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

Plugs and Cars

I write a column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. Plug-in cars are inevitable. Nissan appears intent on opening up a market for mid-price range electric cars within two years. President Obama has stated a commitment to 1 million plug-in cars by 2015. Here's my June column.

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Exclusive Greenius Coverage of Today’s Clean Tech Roundtable

Creative Greenius

I was particularly impressed with former California State Controller, Steve Westly who was fairly pulsating with energy having just gotten back from China, Japan and Western Europe where he reports that “something dramatic is happening in clean tech.&#. Tags: environment Bryan Cave Clean Tech Roundtable Jerry Brown.

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Toyota Hot and Cold on Plug-in Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

According to Autos Insider of July 12, 2007 Toyota, which has sold 1 million hybrids worldwide, including 750,000 in the United States, over the last decade, said converting a hybrid risks vehicle fires, and actually increases greenhouse gas emissions. However, the cars can run only short distances before they run out of juice.

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When Will EVs Hit Primetime?

Revenge of the Electric Car

old question for electric cars – When will electric cars make a real. presence in the world’s two largest passenger car markets (China and the. Read more in the article: Can electric cars break out of niche status in US, China market? Electric-car ventures made up nearly 40. car’s introduction.

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The Future @ Smart Garage

Revenge of the Electric Car

The list of invitees was pretty impressive with representation from, “auto manufacturers like Nissan and GM, utilities such as PG&E and Duke Energy, IBM, P&G, Wal-Mart and Google, among many others&#. But the key problem remains the lack of cars in the showroom. Stay tuned for regular reports as things progress.

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