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81% of EVs Sold in 2023 Still Qualify for the Federal EV Tax Credit

EV Life

However, 90% of the vehicles that were eligible for the tax credit before April 18 are still eligible, according to Albert Gore , executive director of the Zero Emission Transportation Association. So, if you were worried that your options have shrunk considerably, rest assured, they haven’t.

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June '06 - The Film Opens, CARB Ducks, PHEV Debut in DC

Plugs and Cars

Global warming is taking center stage with the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, which is preceded by a trailer for the electric car documentary. See the trailer at www.whokilledtheelectriccar.com) Gore compellingly describes the problem. Paine’s movie offers up a solution.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV long term update: Camping is depraved and should be banned

EV Central

Now look, I love camping as much as the next man – as long as the next man is allergic to canvas, Gore-Tex and wood smoke and has a claustrophobes fear of sleeping bags, and tents – but I do wish it came with a few more mod-cons. The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV does a fry up But back to the camping. But I’ll try to do better.

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News Summary I

Plug In Partners

must not be 'hostage' to foreign oil February 20, 2006 MIT researchers invent new hybrid car battery February 7, 2006 Re-thinking the world's economic future February 7, 2006 100-M.P.G.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Answer: Al Gore is an investor in Fisker through venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. It is different from a plug-in hybrid, or PHEV, which runs on both battery power and gasoline. Connect the investor to the electric-vehicle developer: A. Fisker Automotive. Tesla Motor. Bright Automotive. Reuben Munger.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Millions will plug-in their electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV) at night when electricity is cheap, then plug-in during the day when energy is expensive and sell those extra electrons at a profit. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil.

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