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...
We're expecting a number of PHEV entrants to show up at the Detroit Auto Show next week. Here's the first, from China. We also include a front-page story by...
Here's a stunning and very welcome announcement -- an excerpt from the official speech, followed by our comment and then further background. Remarks by...
FISKER/QUATUM: This $100,000 high-performance PHEV-50 will be shown at Detroit. Autoblog Green reports that the vehicle's name is Karma; the report showed up ...
We've been watching the race among automakers shape up, and hearing about competition among batterymakers; this page 2 Wall Street Journal article looks at the...
Most days when you search for "plug-in hybrid" media mentions in the last month at Google News, you get about 200 entries; today, you get 1,200 in the past...
Today Google.org announced a several new initiatives that match its existing projects in scope and innovation. First is the Google.org blog posting by Larry...
Dear Supporters and Fans of Plug-In Cars and CalCars.org We're succeeding in the world's first campaign to create a new type of vehicle -- brought to market by...
The California Cars Initiative (CalCars.org) <http://www.calcars.org> is a Palo Alto-based nonprofit startup of entrepreneurs, engineers, environmentalists and...
The Department of Energy's welcome solicitation for deployment of small fleets of PHEVs has stimulated much discussion of how much money it would really take...
There's quite a line-up of PHEV-related events in the coming months. At http://www.calcars.org/events.html we add information as it becomes available. ...
Developments from Wal-Mart, Project Better Place and Tesla may appear to be in the category "And now for something completely different" -- but they're not:...
USA Today's automotive correspondent, James Healey, has been paying increasing attention to PHEVs. This month he's written three stories: one a general story...
We've said that focusing on biofuels for transportation is putting the cart before the horse: it makes sense to first displace as many miles as possible...
Excerpts from some of the top news stories we're tracking: BMW is backing off hydrogen and talking about electric cars; Tesla's second car will be available as...
Another regional effort shows up in the news: North Carolina's Governor Mike Easley has announced the creation of the Advanced Transportation Energy Center...
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