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...
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Felix Kramer
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Dec 2, 2007 6:55 am
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Dec 11, 2007 12:23 am
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Dec 12, 2007 11:04 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Dec 12, 2007 11:59 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Dec 13, 2007 10:35 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Dec 13, 2007 11:15 pm
The headline in Miljo Rapporten, Sweden's largest news publication, says it all: Saab och Volvo i stort plugin-bilprojek ...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Dec 19, 2007 9:57 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Dec 20, 2007 6:08 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 3, 2008 5:55 am
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 3, 2008 5:56 am
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 7, 2008 8:36 pm
Encouraging news of a fund for demonstration projects came just before the holidays from the Energy Department39;s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 7, 2008 9:21 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 8, 2008 8:27 pm
As the interest in plug-in cars expands internationally, a leading business publication with a global readership surveys the entire scene. We reproduce the...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 9, 2008 9:17 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 11, 2008 6:40 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 14, 2008 3:39 am
Here's a stunning and very welcome announcement -- an excerpt from the official speech, followed by our comment and then further background. Remarks by...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 14, 2008 5:56 am
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 ...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 14, 2008 2:03 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 16, 2008 1:46 am
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 18, 2008 12:45 am
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 18, 2008 6:49 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 18, 2008 6:55 pm
The California Cars Initiative (CalCars.org) <http://www.calcars.org> is a Palo Alto-based nonprofit startup of entrepreneurs, engineers, environmentalists and...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 24, 2008 8:06 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 24, 2008 8:12 pm
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. ...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Jan 24, 2008 10:44 pm
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:...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Feb 1, 2008 12:40 am
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Feb 1, 2008 12:44 am
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Feb 4, 2008 11:56 pm
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...
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Felix Kramer
felixkramery
Feb 15, 2008 7:19 am
Another regional effort shows up in the news: North Carolina's Governor Mike Easley has announced the creation of the Advanced Transportation Energy Center...