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...
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...
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...
Andy Grove made waves at Plug-In 2008 http://www.plugin2008.com , challenging the audience -- including representatives from many auto companies -- to...
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...
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...
David Morris has written frequently about plug-in hybrids. This happens to be a particularly readable and comprehensive review that also includes plug-ins'...
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...
This formal reply to proposed regulations by the California Air Resources Board was written by CalCars Technical Lead Ron Gremban following discussions with...
In the first of several roundup postings about Plug-In 2008, we present lots of news from companies at the Plug-In 2008 Conference. All the citations below are...
Here's an interview from Bloomberg News with Andy Grove the day before he delivers a keynote address at http://www.plugin2008.com in San Jose, followed by a...
It's official: look at the headline and the story, which includes a specific matchup of the candidates' positions on PHEV policy! (See our previous reports in...
Al Gore gave a major climate speech today, urging an enormously ambitious program to create an electrical generation system powered entirely by renewable...
It's happened: the candidates are now facing off on PHEVs. For the previous round, see our July 1 posting, "Obama/McCain/GM/Ford Maneuver for Support on PHEVs"...
The Sunday Washington Post Op-Ed page, has An Energy Policy We Can Stick To by Andy Grove, arguing for a transition to electrification of transportation and...
News of three major events: * Former Intel CEO Andy Grove has been added as a keynoter to the international conference on plug-in cars. * The third annual...
For your Independence Weekend enjoyment to hold your interest while we work on an overall "carmakers" update covering recent developments among automakers: *...
Following up on our June 23 report on McCain's proposals, http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/966.html here is the latest. As we had expected/hoped, the...
More below from Intel's former CEO Andy Grove: this story is now running at the Chicago Tribune's website and should get broad distribution Sunday and Monday....
Big news today: we start with some background about the candidates and plug-in cars, then we go to what each candidate has said in the past few days, with our...
We've often said people don't buy hybrids for paybacks -- they're buying "the environmental feature," just like people buy leather seats -- or for that matter,...
The June 11-12 conference, "Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington" confirmed the full emergence of PHEVs. Plug-in cars are now seen as a...
CONVERSIONS AND SAFETY CalCars has been promoting conversions of vehicles to PHEVs for several years -- not as an end in itself but as a strategy to build ...
I'd hoped to combine this with a report on the Google/Brookings conference but that's not done. Meanwhile: The presentations from the 2008 Power Up! ...
HAS TOYOTA COMMITTED TO MASS PRODUCTION PHEVS? Many auto industry observers think Toyota will stay in the race to be first with PHEVs, or will follow closely...
US ENERGY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES PROJECTS As part of its growing commitment to PHEV projects, in early 2008 USDOE announced it was soliciting bids for projects...
Silicon Valley has made history in the early development of radio, aviation, aerospace, computers and the Internet (each time, it must be pointed out, not...
For several years, many Prius owners have been telling their dealers "I want a hybrid that I get to plug in." For the past two years, Prius dealers have been...
It's a milestone day. GM's CEO has announced that the Board of Directors has OK'd mass production of the Chevy Volt beginning in late 2010 -- moving that date...
