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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

They now realize that EVs are less expensive to maintain than gas-engined vehicles. So all my life I was waiting for the zero emission vehicles to come around. I thought it would be internal combustion running on hydrogen, but then we found out it was electric vehicles.” Everyone loved these cars,” Beas said.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

The Truth About Cars

Democrats have made widespread electrification a major platform and they’re currently the dominant party in the Senate, likely meaning the “ The Revoking Engine and Vehicle (REV) Requirements Act ” would stall there. The truth is that electric vehicles aren't a reliable option for everyone, nor are they affordable.

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Green Cars Part 3- Hydrogen

DIY Electric Car

The more I delve into this topic the more detail I want to address, so rather than cover all three energy storage options in this post I’ve decided to give a more detailed look at hydrogen. Hydrogen is the darling of the media, car manufacturers and oil companies. Tags: Editorials Green Cars Alternative Fuels Hydrogen.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Electric Auto Association Silicon Valley (EAASV), established in 1967 as the original Electric Auto (now Vehicle) Association, has a long history of attracting members and presenting speakers who have gone on to become tech and transportation luminaries. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

Required reading: Bill Moore's EVWorld review and Martin Zimmerman's LA Times piece about their test drives of the Toyota Plug-in Prius and the hydrogen fuel cell Highlander FCHV. Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. Large problems regarding hydrogen and fuel cell technology, get diminished.

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Barak Obama or John McCain - Which Candidate will Revive the Electric Car?

DIY Electric Car

However, politicians have talked about electric vehicles before and in the past, the talk did not translate into government support for practical technologies. Are the candidates finally committed to electric vehicles? Will things be different this time? Or are they merely paying lip service to EV advocates?

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