Toyota's new full-page newspaper ads show an open road, green fields, an enormous blue sky, and the headline "WHY NOT?" followed by the poetic: "Two words that...
Page 1 of today's San Jose Mercury News profiles four Silicon Valley companies plus CalCars. That story is a roundup sparked by last week's announcement of "A...
Many people still doubt the credibility of GM's plans for the Chevy Volt. Until now we've only had a production volume attributed to unnamed sources in the...
The PHEV workshop Sunday Dec. 2, before the International Electric Vehicle Symposium conference Dec 3-5, has an all-star speaker list. In addition to this...
Along with the race among carmakers for plug-in vehicles, in the absence of a major Congressional or Executive commitment, we're seeing an emerging regional...
Friday was another red-letter day for PHEV supporters hoping carmakers will accelerate their move toward PHEVs. As we noted Saturday in CalCars-News as part of...
It looks like Volkswagen is joining the race to build PHEVs. At the Tokyo auto show, the company introduced an Audi concept PHEV (report below), and media...
CalCars' Felix Kramer, Ron Gremban and Randy Reisinger have been at the the LA Auto Show, an increasingly important event for the industry. (Last year, it's...
Our public conversion of a Prius was featured outside the LA Auto Show as we partnered with Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange and Plug In America to...
Below is a report jointly written with Jack Rosebro, followed by a few additional comments about GM officials' response to our suggestions. You can also read...
Another long posting with multiple followups from the LA Auto Show * Governor Schwarzenegger talks about, sees and hears about PHEVs for the first time *...
Two of the small entrants in the PHEV race are making progress: Aptera and Fisker both plan PHEV production in 2009. APTERA: Here's the press release; you can...
"The New World War II" below comes from Patrick Mazza of Climate Solutions, the Pacific Northwest think-tank. It's a provocative response to the just-published...
"Google.com and Google.org have just announced one of the most promising new initiatives to address the global climate crisis. I hope the grandchildren of...
In Portfolio, the new Conde Nast business monthly, Intel's CEO from 1987-1998, one of the pioneers of the modern computing industry and one of the most...
On the eve of the Bali COP-13 meeting to begin to build the global plan to follow up on the Kyoto Acccord's limited, incomplete start, here's a forward-looking...
Two leading thinkers weigh in on the climate crisis and what to do about it. Below we print Al Gore's inspiring speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (along...
Here's an accumulation of key stories and diverse developments about major car companies, the EVS23 conference, and the PHEV campaign. We've tried to make it...
How often have you seen surveys of "alternative fuels" that talk only about the revolution in biofuels and the hydrogen dream? Two recent reports show the...
Dear CalCars Supporters Thanks for all you've done for our shared goals, for your past support and for spreading the word….if you haven't been able to...
Check http://www.calcars.org/carmakers.html in a day or two and you'll find that we've added Hyundai to our table of 16 carmakers and auto start-ups that are...
We previously wrote about the PHEV workshop at the international EVS-23 conference at http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/888.html , expressing our hope that...
Below we include news about Toyota's latest comments, Honda's puzzlement, coverage of PHEVs in Wired Magazine, a strong plug in Newsweek for the Volt and Bob...
Getting back after the holidays to the campaign for plug-in cars, where we now define our goal as "Successful Commercialization of PHEVs ASAP," we're reminded...
Encouraging news of a fund for demonstration projects came just before the holidays from the Energy Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable...
We were honored to get a call last week from Montana's Governor Brian Schweitzer, who is working to get Montana and, through the National Governor's...
As the interest in plug-in cars expands internationally, a leading business publication with a global readership surveys the entire scene. We reproduce the...
GM's statements and presentations in the past week have made for some provocative and at times confusing reading. Here's a round-up. WILL VOLT BE READY IN...
