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California Tells Automakers to Bring Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles to the Showroom

March 30, 2008

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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california, CARB, cars, electriccars, globalwarming, PHEVs, pluginhybrids, vehicles, ZEVs

Tens of thousands of plug-in hybrid vehicles will start hitting the roads in 2012 due to last Thursday’s decision by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). In an update of the Zero Emission Vehicle program, CARB established plug-in hybrids as...continued→

Plug-ins: The Next Generation of Hybrids

January 14, 2008

Posted by Luke Tonachel in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, chevroletvolt, detroitautoshow, globalwarming, lithiumbatteries, pluginhybrids, toyota, ZEV

Yesterday, giant automaker Toyota released some very hopeful news about the availability of advanced batteries to power plug-in hybrid vehicles. At the annual North American International Automobile Show, Toyota Motor Corporation’s CEO Katsuaki Watanabe announced that beginning in 2010 the...continued→