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US Department of Transportation proposes ‘distraction’ guidelines for automakers for in-vehicle electronic devices

Green Car Congress

The hearings will take place in March and will be held in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington D.C. The percent of all police-reported crashes that involve distraction has remained consistent over 5 years. Displaying to the driver more than 30 characters of text unrelated to the driving task.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. Slide and summary table last modified February 2, 2009.

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