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Plug In 2008

Plug In Partners

Here's one of the announcements that came out of the conference : EPRI, GM, 34 Utilities Collaborate to Advance Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles PALO ALTO, Calif. Seamless integration of PHEVs into the electric grid will require close collaboration between the automobile and electric sectors.”

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Partner Update and Announcement

Plug In Partners

The bill, HR 5351 includes a credit for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. A 15 kwh battery would have an approximate all-electric range of between 40 and 60 miles depending on the configuration of the vehicle operating system and many other factors. Check out the press release at v2green. The bill (H.R.

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Coal Into Cars: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Plugs and Cars

The Good About half our electricity comes from coal, and that will change, at best, slowly as we move to renewables. But we need to keep in mind that when we're talking about cars, even coal-generated electricity results in lower greenhouse gas emissions compared with petroleum. But not all use of coal is alike.

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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Out in the desert as part of Burning Man , our encampment, Snow Koan Solar, is setting up a solar photovoltaic EV Charging Station (at 7:30 and Desert) for electric scooters, golf carts, sofas and barstools. We'll also be taking Burning Man art projects off petroleum generators by switching them to solar electricity. Google Guys Th!

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Recharge IT

Plug In Partners

today announced the RechargeIT initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and oil dependence by accelerating the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. headquarters, which will help the company reduce its environmental footprint and power its plug-ins with clean solar electricity. In addition, Google Inc.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

These include Pacific Gas and Electric, Kansas City Power and Light and Edison Electric Institute , the trade association for IOUs (see quote below). Along with other national leaders in the PHEV movement, including Dr. Andy Frank and Mark Duvall of EPRI , I spoke to the need to fund battery research and demonstration vehicles.

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CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Car and Driver s Patrick Bedard writes amusingly but tellingly about this issue. What do car companies say about PHEVs? Wont all these cars require us to build even more power plants? The enthusiasm for ethanol ("flex-fuel" cars use E85, which is 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline) is welcome. See our Global Warming page.

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