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Plugs and Cars
JULY 29, 2007
As I've blogged previously , I want to believe as much as the next guy that the Volt - GM's announced plug-in hybrid - is real. I believe enviros have spent way too much time pushing for higher CAFE standards and ignored alternative methods of getting clean cars on the road. Now the shoe is on the other foot.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 8, 2010
It also finds that, while relying on subsidies for electric or hybrid vehicles is politically attractive, it is an extremely expensive and ineffective way to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the near term. CO 2 emissions from transportation sector by scenario in the study. Source: Morrow et al. Click to enlarge.
Plugs and Cars
MARCH 27, 2007
Thus begins Dana Milbank's story in the Washington Post today. The plug-in hybrid and Phoenix showing on the White House lawn seems a flash in the pan. Nothing about raising CAFE, or the "electrification of the automobile" much touted by GM's Volt booster Bob Lutz, who wasn't present. Bush in 2007.
Plugs and Cars
DECEMBER 18, 2007
The headline is a 35mpg CAFE standard for cars produced 13 years from now. The reality, however, is no removal of tax breaks for Big Oil; no 15% renewables standard for utilities; no plug-in hybrid incentives. Tags: ethanol energy bill. Incentives for wind and solar were stripped out, as well, according to Sen.
Plugs and Cars
APRIL 16, 2007
If you've got hundreds of millions of trouble-free NiMH miles in hybrids and electric cars, why bet the bank on relatively untested if promising lithium? If you've got hundreds of millions of trouble-free NiMH miles in hybrids and electric cars, why bet the bank on relatively untested if promising lithium? (My take at the time here.)
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The Saturn version of the two-mode plug-in hybrid at the Milford Proving Grounds. Click to enlarge. On 11 August, GM invited approximately 75 journalists and auto analysts to spend a day learning about the new GM. Establishing four core brands. GM’s identify in the US starts with its four core brands.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 29, 2009
For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) challenge. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica.
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