The Supreme Court has ruled that greenhouse gases are polluting emissions subject to regulation by the US Environmental Protection Agency. As a result, new...
Apologies to all for the multiple copies of one email from last week. We archive our messages at <http://www.calcarsorg/news-archive.html>, but we had no...
Ever since the spectacularly successful Ansari X-Prize inspired 26 teams to build spaceships, people have been talking about extending the concept to...
Although Ford has announced PHEV concept cars (see curious report below), it appears the company has decided it too needs to be able to say that it, like GM...
Today's San Jose Mercury News is all about getting clean cars. On the bottom of the front page is PG&E's announcement that it is the first utiltiy to jump into...
One of the more puzzling news stories (see our previous April 8 posting <http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/739.html>) -- that Pres Bush and Vice Pres. Cheney...
Two days before Step It Up on Saturday, <http://stepitup2007.org> shows 1364 registered events in 50 states. This is a National Day of Climate Action to...
The Wall Street Journal has been slower than other media in reporting on PHEVs, though it did a lengthy profile on Andy Frank after the launch of Plug-In...
A month ago Visionary Vehicles announced its intention to partner with the plug-in hybrid community and CalCars as it works to bring Chinese-made PHEVs to...
We're very backlogged on sending out news, will work to catch up this week! Here's the most important news: reports from the California Air Resources Board now...
Two new recent developments in batteries announce programs that, while small, indicate growing interest in battery development. Both reports are from Green Car...
We've had so much going on I haven't been able to do justice to external news. So here's a shortcut summary. Conveniently, Autopia/Wired Blog Network writer...
TV, radio and photos are also accumulating fast... * Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca, famous for introducing the Mustang at Ford and the minivan at Chrysler,...
Popular Mechanics has written about PHEVs several times before (see <http://www.calcars.org/news-archive.html>, but this time, the cover frames a photo of an ...
James R. Woolsey of Booz Allen Hamilton, former CIA director and wearer of many other hats, is one of the thought leaders of the PHEV coalition that he now...
Here on Earth - Radio Without Borders, presents an hour on the future of hybrids, Monday, 3PM Central, (1PM Pacific, 8PM Greenwich Mean or Universal Time). And...
Today at a Senate Finance Committee's Subcommittee hearing, the CEO of battery maker A123Systems unveiled its plans for large-scale conversions of existing...
Here's your chance to go to one or two of three extraordinary events in the next two weeks. Readers of CalCars-News have seen mentions of each of these....
The California Cars Initiative announced it has received a $200,000 grant over two years to support its work in educating the public regarding plug-in...
PHEVs ARE FIRMLY ON THE MAP. (We're still pinching ourselves!) WHAT'S NEXT? (Some of the biggest challenges remain.) WHAT CAN YOU DO NOW? (Please start by...
This is the part 2 announcement after A123Systems CEO David Vieau's Senate testimony Monday <http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/753.html>. As of now,...
At a major gathering for the oil, gas and electric utilities, each leading utility leader topped the one before with ringing endorsements of PHEVs that could...
We finally have a minute to say that the May 7th CascadiaMicrosoft Conference on Transportation, Technology, and Energy. "Jump Start to a Secure, Clean Energy...
This second annual event, twice as large as last year, includes amazing projects, demonstrations, workshops and presentations. Here's how O'Reilly Media, its...
The Air Resources Board staff has published its recommendations for use of $25M in "Alternative Fuel Vehicle Incentive Program" funds allocated last year. This...
We've been overloaded by multiple out-of-town trips and events, so we're again in catch-up mode for CalCars-News. Below we report on the following news from...
Last Thursday and Friday saw one further step in the extended process of the California Air Resources Board's review of its historic Zero Emissions Vehicle...
In a most welcome step, GM has moved several steps closer on selecting lithium-ion batteries for its Volt series plug-in hybrid. Below we include our overall...
PG&E's Sven Thesen, Supervisor for Clean Air Transportation, says the utility expects to buy batteries from plug-in cars (PHEVs and EVs) for secondary...
