Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2011

” Their analysis is in the context of the “ surprising [oil] demand strength of 2010 “; 2010 saw absolute incremental demand at around 2.2mb/d of growth—the second highest in 30 years, despite oil prices in the $90/bbl region. The DB auto team counts at least 130 models in the global pipeline for 2012.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 4, 2009

I write a column for the Electric Auto Association newsletter, Current EVents. Veteran automakers, oil companies, and federal and state governments have been both the prime movers and obstacles to plug-in cars in the past and they remain so today. Here's my June column. The trajectory remains clear, and the pace has quickened.

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Plug-in Plug Cars Obama 100

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

Now, he says, government incentives are needed so that auto companies take the financial risk of producing plug-in hybrids. should promise to order 50,000 fleet vehicles of the first viable plug-in hybrid — that would be just the stimulus the carmakers need. Instead, the U.S. Mr. Instead, the U.S. Let's start now.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. policy shifts to favor battery-powered autos. from its reliance on imported oil. Tax Credits Instead, Obama backed tax credits of as much as $7,500 inthe stimulus package approved in February for buyers of plug-incars. Oil prices are going to go up.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

Though the scheme proved so popular that the initial $1billion set aside for it ran out last month, auto sales only rose by 2.4 According to Knittel the results suggest that the programme is an expensive way to reduce carbon, although he does state that it is possible the stimulus benefits outweigh added environmental costs.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

Automakers unveiled more than a dozen production-ready, plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles at the Detroit auto show earlier this month, many of which will be on dealership lots between 2010 and 2012. So instead, Edison and auto manufacturers are turning to “smart metering&# technologies.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

’s expertise on the auto industry in general, we are concerned that in its understanding of future pathways, it offers a flawed analysis and predictions based on business-as-usual,&# notes a posting on the California Car Initiative’s Web site. Those cars will reduce oil demand at most by about 1/5th of one percent.

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