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President Obama's Electric Ride

March 20, 2009

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

Tags:
capandtrade, cleancars, cleanenergy, electriccars, fueleconomy, Obama, obamaspeech, pluginhybrids

When I heard that President Obama was going to visit Southern California Edison's Electric Vehicle Test Center, I pictured him behind the wheel of a plug-in vehicle with a big smile on his face. He'd step on the accelerator, feel...continued

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

Tags:
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 In for Clean Air

February 26, 2008

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

Tags:
airpollution, cars, electriccars, electricitygrid, EPRI, globalwarming, PHEVs, pluginhybrids, soot, vehicles

As someone who has been enthusiastically watching and promoting plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, I was concerned that the headline of an article in USA Today (“Plug-in cars could actually increase air pollution,” Feb. 26) could lead to misperceptions about the...continued