Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Now, people are used to cellphone subscription plans and plugging the phone into the wall at night, Mr. Thesen reasoned, so a switch to electric cars would also be manageable. Rather than setting up the public for disappointment (see ethanol), plug-n electric advocates should push the very real, if not sexy, advantages. — DonO 5.

Grid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

. “Any new technology like the Chevy Volt takes time to become profitable,&# said Jay Friedland, the legislative director for Plug-In America , an electric-car advocacy group. During his campaign, President Obama said he would work to put one million plug-in hybrids on American roads by 2015. and Chrysler. — jake 9.

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Cars That Think

MAY 21, 2022

Who, after all, hasn’t tired of having to plug in and unplug their phone and other rechargeable gizmos? To underscore how safe the system was, the host of the BBC science program “ Bang Goes the Theory ” stuck his face fully into a power beam. It’s a nuisance. Can the same basic physics be harnessed to replace wires today?

Power

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) Shameless self plugs here. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half.

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