Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2007

The question for us in the USA is whether plans will include cars that meet the peculiar and unique legal requirements which limit the availability of many more fuel-efficient, interesting vehicles. Read Thomas Friedman's Oct 3rd column in the NY Times Et Tu, Toyota? Toyota wants to keep its green halo and beat G.M.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 27, 2009

Andy Frank makes the observation that parallel hybrids (Toyota Prius) are cheaper than series hybrids (Chevy Volt). Bright Automotive says it soon release an electric car with a 100 mile per gallon plus plug-in – and the company says it will keep the car economically priced. At the end of this article, Prof. by: Michael Kanellos.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 26, 2007

They are beginning to do crash testing, and will meet emission requirements, in pursuit of a fully legal, compliant vehicle. ARB could finally take some credit for cars with true ZEV miles once again on the road without depending on the ever-resistant, crusher-happy automakers. Let the people convert!

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 2, 2007

Dan Kalb of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Bonnie Holms-Gen of the Lung Association were there to lend their voices of protest against the auto industry's continuing legal assault on California. It's about 90 miles from my house in San Francisco to the Capitol in Sacramento.) And I was there representing Plug In America.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

(Both Toyota and Ford are now producing a few prototype conversions of their own Priuses and Escapes for research purposes.) As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

But it works best if we use plug-in hybrids to power most of our miles electrically. We try to be careful to emphasize in the fine print that PHEVs can get over 100 miles/gallon of gasoline , PLUS electric costs of about 1-2 cents/mile. Otherwise well need more ethanol than we can make sustainably. Are the batteries recyclable?

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