The bi-partisan 2007 Inaugural Committee is hosting an event called "Leading The Green Dream." On Thursday, January 4, the day before the inauguration...
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When we wrote about SVLG's CEO's speech on August 30, here's how we described the group: The Silicon Valley Leadership Group started out as the Silicon Valley...
Cobasys is the battery maker company that emerged from corporate partnerships involving the Ovshinskys' Energy Conversion Devices, GM in the days of Robert...
GM's announcement, ahead of more PHEVs news expected on Monday from the company, has picked its first partners for batteries for its Saturn Vue PHEV. When GM...
Last year, influential author ("The World Is Flat"), documentary film-maker ("Addicted to Oil, in which PHEVs are prominent), NYTimes columnist Thomas Friedman...
Here's a sampling of early coverage, from the non-technical to the technical. The Los Angeles Times contains hints of a similar serial hybrid from Ford, but to...
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Although this story starts out talking about the Volt, it focuses mainly on batteries, and is an excellent introduction. It's from the IEEE, the Institute of...
These stories show the range of coverage and include interesting comments from GM and observers. Can GM's Electric Car Go the Distance? Hoping to catch up to...
S.6, introduced by Senate Majority Leader, is the way the Democratic Senate leadership has outlined its overall agenda on energy.Below we present the floor...
Two of the most thoughtful and knowledgeable people write about the Volt and its implications. Key points from our perspective: Makower: (Unofficially, I'm...
Until now, Honda has repeatedly said there's no reason to do more than research on PHEVs (see <http://www.calcars.org/carmakers.html>. But maybe the company...
Here's the statement released in Plug In America, as reported by EVWorld.com. Plug In America <http://www.pluginamerica.com>, which evolved from the "Don't...
Jennifer Kho, enterprising reporter at Red Herring has found people at GM who are filling in details. She talked to Bob Boniface, GM’s director of advanced...
As we noted at <http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/642.html>, at <http://fastlane.gmblogs.com/archives/2007/01/chevy_volt_conc_1.html>, you can watch the...
Malcolm Bricklin is a wild card, a high-flyer and a crash-lander. Now his vision is about PHEVs. The stories from USA Today and Reuters give the facts -- and...
At mid-day Jan 9, California state administration officials, industry, academic experts and stakeholders held a press briefing about establishing a Low Carbon...
We haven't seen the white paper described here -- having been submitted to the government, it may be a public document...we think the auto-makers joining the...
Ford has also sought the spotlight with a PHEV at the Detroit Auto Show. Most reports are dismissive, pointing out that while GM's car is intended for...
We now have four PHEVs in the San Francisco Bay Area (Davis/Sacramento are close, but not SFBA). Two weeks ago, for the first time, they came together in one...
More encouraging news--this overview and the one from IEEE <http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/638.html> are both good introductions. Powering GM's Electric...
This 12-minute video looks like a work-in-progress (repetitive/poor image/voice synchronization, makes the car looks noisy and underpowered.) but has some...
Nancy Gioia became Ford's Director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs in November 2005. Her views have evolved since she said in ...
Late last year, we announced we had received a $205,000 contribution to expand our conversion projects, responding to the large unmet need for demonstration...
