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...
GM in promoting the Volt, which it calls an "Extended Range Electric Vehicle" (E-REV), and most observers describe as a series PHEV, is continuing to make the...
For the past few years, PHEVs have become a major focus at the society of Automotive Engineers' annual hybrid conference in San Diego. This year, several...
The New York Times, is reporting a possible exciting breakthrough: zero carbon gasoline. Since we're already getting inquiries from people who wonder if this...
Finally, plug-in hybrid aftermarket conversions are becoming available to individuals, not just fleets -- in the San Francisco Bay Area from GreenGears,...
Following on the USA Today story (see http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/918.html ), the Natural Resources Defense Council responded in the form of a blog...
A few days ago, at "PHEVs Analyzed/Debated at Society of Auto Engineers Event" http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/916.html we posted Jack Rosebro's report,...
CalCars just got the opportunity to evangelize the concept of electrification of transportation and offer a quick status report on PHEVs to a very influential...
More automakers are moving toward using lithium batteries in their standard hybrids. This week, GM said it will use lithium batteries from Hitachi in its...
Europe may get a production plug-in hybrid before the U.S. Multiple reports from the Geneva Auto Show quote Toyota's senior vice president Andrea Formica...
After so much discussion of this subject, CalCars Technology Lead Ron Gremban examines the issue. This is more technical than most things we send around. It...
Here's an accumulation of important resources on PHEVs from recent weeks: * Earth The Sequel" book on low-carbon energy technologies * Popular Mechanics story...
As plug-in cars finally gain recognition as the "cleaner/cheaper/domestic" solution requiring no new technology or infrastructure, journalists aiming for...
The House of Representatives recently again passed "the parts that were left out of the energy bill" -- including provisions that could provide a $4-$6,000 tax...
First is a useful summary by the Detroit Free Press of the three presidential candidates' positions on plug-in cars. (We're working to get each of them to...
Three items about the auto industry and PHEVs: * Ford-owned Volvo and GM-owned Saab join with the Swedish government, Vatenfall, and ETC AB to develop PHEVs. *...
If you've seen the movie, "Who Killed the Electric Car," you know about the California Air Resources Board's key role in regulating and incentivizing plug-in...
Google.org, which has thrilled so many people with its many initiatives, of course most notably for us, the RechargeIT program and RE<C (Renewable Energy...
At the New York Auto Show, GM's Vice Chairman Bob Lutz reflects the emerging trend toward an end to business as usual. Here are excerpts from a USA Today story...
The Automotive XPrize, first announced in March 2006 by the X PRIZE Foundation, best-known for the $10M competition that led to the 2004 flights of SpaceShip...
We've been generally positive about GM's intentions on plug-in hybrids, and felt GM's Vice Chair Bob Lutz was effectively recruiting more and more people...
We're honored that our role in promoting PHEVs and the electrification of transportation has just been recognized in a major new award for environmental...
LATEST ON AIR RESOURCES BOARD Hearing Thurs/Rally Weds. Here are a range of reports, resources and CalCars' statistical analysis of testimony to the Board. *...
Below is an accumulation of some of the most significant and entertaining PHEV news stories of the past few weeks. But before that, here's early news that...
We'll have postings on the Air Resources Board hearing and the Aspen Environmental Forum in a few days. Meanwhile, here's a very thoughtful and important...
The most global environmental group has just released a milestone report, "Plugged-in: the End of the Oil Age." It's written by an oil industry insider who I...
CARB held its long-awaited meeting on the Zero Emissions Vehicle Program on March 27. Hundreds of advocates were there; many spoke and many more submitted...
One of our ongoing objectives has been to position plug-in cars -- and the broad solution of electrifying transportation -- as key way to globally reduce...
