This formal reply to proposed regulations by the California Air Resources Board was written by CalCars Technical Lead Ron Gremban following discussions with...
Every newspaper in the country is reporting about the "Gang of 10" -- Republican and Democratic Senators working to gain support for a grand compromise. If...
David Morris has written frequently about plug-in hybrids. This happens to be a particularly readable and comprehensive review that also includes plug-ins'...
Plug-In 2008, the first International Conference on Plug-In Hybrids and Plug-In Electric Cars http://www.plugin2008.com , was a stunning success. Over 650...
Here's a selected roundup of some of the most extensive or perceptive print and online reports on Plug-In 2008 http://www.plugin2008.com July 22-24, 2008 in...
Andy Grove made waves at Plug-In 2008 http://www.plugin2008.com , challenging the audience -- including representatives from many auto companies -- to...
We've seen lots of news about the Chevy Volt in the past few days -- all encouraging. It's getting more real, though large scale production is still more than...
As plug-in cars become more and more mainstream, it's no longer possible to track their every mention. We've reached a new plateau. They're an accepted -- if...
The choice of Sen. Joe Biden as Sen. Barack Obama's running mate brings another strong advocate of progressive policies on energy and transportation to the...
We've just heard about a Town Meeting at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Tuesday night (report below). We hope some members of this list who...
On Night 2 of the Democratic National Convention, references to the green economy were frequent, including by Hillary Clinton. Venture Capitalist Nancy Floyd...
Magnussen's Toyota of Palo Alto is one of the nation's top Prius dealers. A few days ago, responding to the steadily increasing number of customers who said "I...
All the reports today link Toyota's decision to declining sales of gas-guzzlers. President Katuaki Watanabe's comments to reporters does NOT yet mean Toyota is...
Here we go for another round of repositioning. GM's Bob Lutz is correct in emphasizing the difference between a series Volt and a Toyota parallel PHEV. But...
We're informed by Eric Doebert of Magnussen Toyota that after taking deposits from several dozen customers, the dealer heard from HQ that since there's no...
Two more automakers are reported to be planning PHEVs -- see stories below. We've updated our page "How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-in Hybrid...
Just when we thought things were settling down, we get news that two more of the big carmakers appear to be coming around to PHEVs. Chrysler has three...
Since June we've been doing our best to stimulate a race between the candidates on PHEV policies -- through contacts with the campaign staffs of both...
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, often described as the world's most influential journalist, has a new book out this week,...
In the past few days we've seen some very positive articles in leading mainstream publications. The Economist surveys the scene and sees plug-in cars emerging...
Numerous reports in the past week say the GMNext centennial event will be the occasion to unveil the Chevy Volt . In The NY Times story we reprint below, we...
On September 16, 2008, the world's drivers, the media, the industry watchers all definitively recognized that plug-in cars are coming. While we've often urged...
The URL for this posting is http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/1000.html --quite a number! We began sending items to CalCars-News subscribers on March 1,...
Yesterday we excerpted some of the major news stories on the Volt launch. Now the high-power weeklies and the top clean car sites weigh in. This is a long...
Many of the reports from Michigan indicate that people are understanding the reasons why GM changed the design of the Volt. Below we several journalists'...
Below we include: * A pointer to an entertaining video clip when GM's Bob Lutz appeared on the Colbert Report * Analysis of TIME Magazine's print story *...
Today's amazing moments: * the long-hoped for extension of energy tax credits including incentives for PHEVs: * what Toyota said when outclassed by GM's large...
Today's developments are an ideal follow-on to yesterday's news about Congressional tax credits: * Chrysler plans new plug-in cars including an SUV and a...
Here are two stories about policy trends: influential US constituencies are getting more specific about electrifying transportation; Iceland is moving toward...
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