 Stories About: cars AND electric vehicles AND electricity grid AND energy AND hybrids
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Turn on, plug in, drop out
Plug-in hybrids and electric cars: A core climate solution, nationally and globally |
Joseph Romm |
22 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| I have a new article in Salon, "The car of the future is here," about plug-in hybrids. The two central points of the article are: Plug-in hybrids (and electric cars) are an essential climate strategy, enabling renewable power (even intermittent sources like wind) to become a major low-cost transportation fuel. Practical, affordable plug-in hybrids will be here in a few years -- even if we don't get a technology breakthrough in batteries. ( ... |
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Be car-ful?
Giving up car-lessness for Rob Lowe's plug-in hybrid |
Alan Durning |
16 Nov 2007 |
Gristmill |
| This essay is part of a series on not owning a car. ----- The weekend before Halloween, my car-less family got a loaner plug-in hybrid-electric car to try. You see, the City of Seattle and some other local public agencies are testing the conversion of some existing hybrids to plug-ins to accelerate the spread of these near-zero-emissions vehicles. As a favor and, perhaps, for some publicity (this post), the city's program manager offered me four days' use of the p ... |
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Go Get 'Em, Plugger
Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study |
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23 Jul 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Go Get 'Em, Plugger Plug-in hybrids would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, says new study Plug-in hybrid vehicles, long extolled here at Grist HQ, seem always to elicit one question from doubters: Wouldn't running cars on electricity just mean more emissions from power plants? Answer: No! According to a ne ... |
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| Topics: cars, climate, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, fuel efficiency, green living, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, news, placemaking (all these topics) |
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Search Engine Engine Search
Google pledges $10 million for plug-in hybrid research |
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19 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| Search Engine Engine Search Google pledges $10 million for plug-in hybrid research Google has gone all googly-eyed over plug-in hybrid vehicles, pledging more than $10 million in funding for the nascent technology. At a sunny photo op at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters yesterday, company officials showed off a handful of Toyota Prius and Ford Escape cars that ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, hybrids, innovation, news, Prius (all these topics) |
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Put one of these babies on an electric bike
A123 introduces new battery |
biodiversivist |
17 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| From the Energy Blog: A123 Systems today introduced its 32-series NanophosphateTM Lithium Ion cells, specifically designed for Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) use. The 32-series cells are designed with abuse-tolerance in mind. A123 Systems Automotive Class cells take advantage of lessons learned from the mass-production of ANR26650M1 cells, used in DeWalt's and Black & Decker's power tool lines, in order to deliver 10+ ye ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, hybrids, placemaking, tech (all these topics) |
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