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Internal combustion news Volkswagen's new entry to the clean diesel fleet	Erik Hoffner	04 Mar 2008	Gristmill
Enough election talk, it's time to put some honest-to-goodness car news in the Gristmill (so this one's for you, JMG!). Volkswagen is about to unveil a new Golf hybrid, said to feature an all-electric mode at low speed and regenerative braking to compete with the Prius and its ilk. The difference is that this is a diesel-electric hybrid, which VW says will get 69 mpg and exceed Europe's (and California's) tough emissions standards. The point is somewha ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, oil (all these topics)

Lutz strikes back GM exec defends calling climate change a 'crock of shit'	David Roberts	22 Feb 2008	Gristmill
A couple weeks back, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, at a roundtable with reporters, casually mentioned that he thinks global warming is a "crock of shit." (His point was that it makes sense to develop an all-electric vehicle either way.) Lots and lots of people, mainly bloggers, got in a huge uproar about it. Yesterday, Lutz wrote a defiant post on GM's blog addressing the controversy. His point is that it doesn't matter a bit what his personal beliefs are; wha ...
Topics: business, climate, climate change skepticism, electric vehicles, energy (all these topics)

Solar to the electric car: You complete me The electrification of transportation will also help green the grid	Adam Browning	30 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I promised more on the impact of Project Better Place's electric car plans -- and I deliver with an article here.
Topics: solar voltaic power, renewable energy, energy, electricity grid, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

This is a very big deal Israel to build national electric car infrastructure	Adam Browning	22 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Photo: iStockphoto Project Better Place, in partnership with Renault/Nissan and the Israeli government, will build a national electric car infrastructure. A major manufacturer developing new electric vehicles with swappable batteries, and a plan to develop 500,000 battery recharging sites across the country? It's still January, and I'm ready to call this the most important environmental news story of 2008. I'm going to write more about this later, but ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, Israel (all these topics)

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. ( ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, hybrids (all these topics)

Why Vinod Khosla is very wrong A pragmatic view of cellulosic biofuels	Joseph Romm	17 Jan 2008	Gristmill
So Vinod Khosla is not happy with with my recent attack on his (willful) ignorance, 'Khosla blows his credibility dissing plug-ins.' Gristmill has given the billionaire a platform to defend himself, but he just spouts even more nonsense in the bizarrely titled post, 'Pragmatists v. environmentalists, part I': I have been accused of dissing hybrids. I was mostly discussing Prius-type parallel hybrids and all the support they get, when one can get the same carbon ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, cellulosic ethanol, electric vehicles, energy, ethanol, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Pragmatists v. environmentalists, part III Hybrids and biofuels: The road ahead	Vinod Khosla	16 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Many people make the mistake of comparing apples to oranges. One has to compare futures to futures and current status to current status. All technologies improve, but some improve more than others. The Prius gets 46 mpg, while a similar-sized Toyota Corolla gets 31 mpg. One of our investments (Transonic) is trying to make an engine that (if it works!) can be placed in a Prius to produce a vehicle that will have lower carbon emissions than the hybrid Prius at ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids (all these topics)

Business-y news I should write more about, but probably won't	David Roberts	15 Jan 2008	Gristmill
GE is going to double its investment in renewable energy from $3b to $6b; Toyota plans to offer plug-in hybrids by 2010; meanwhile, GM, which also promises a plug-in by 2010, just struck a deal with Coskata, a start-up which will be making cellulosic ethanol from waste products. [Token acknowledgement that cars are not the way of the future, Grist is car-obsessed and in the pocket of The Man, public transit is awesome, and something about the happy motoring delusional ...
Topics: business, cars, cellulosic ethanol, electric vehicles, energy, ethanol, hybrids (all these topics)

Pragmatists v. environmentalists, part II Hybrid emissions: Facts and numbers	Vinod Khosla	15 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Having laid out my views in part I, let me turn to the actual data regarding hybrids -- both from an environmental and economic perspective. How do carbon emissions per mile driven compare for various cars? The Volt is expected to be 'less than $30,000' with a 1.0L engine. Compare this to the Corolla, with a 1.8Lengine (peak hp of 126; 31 mpg) and a price of $14,400. It's worth noting that this is in the optimistic, no-gasoline-use scenario for the Volt, ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, fuel efficiency, hybrids (all these topics)

Pragmatists v. environmentalists, part I Prius: Green or greenwash?	Vinod Khosla	14 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I have been accused of dissing hybrids. I was mostly discussing Prius-type parallel hybrids and all the support they get, when one can get the same carbon reduction by buying a cheaper, similar-sized and -featured car and buying $10 worth of carbon credits. I was objecting to greenwashing (powered by a large marketing machine) that suggests hybrids can solve our problems. Corn ethanol, which has been heavily maligned in the mainstream media, reduces carbon emis ...
Topics: biofuels, cars, electric vehicles, energy, ethanol, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

The Extreme (plug-in) Hybrid: no breakthrough needed!	Joseph Romm	13 Jan 2008	Gristmill
Here is the plug-in hybrid I test drove a few weeks ago, the Extreme Hybrid by AFS Trinity: I will be running a long article Wednesday on the climate implications of plug-ins in general and this car in particular. But you can read all about the car at this exclusive New York Times piece published today and the AFS Trinity website, which has a YouTube video of me driving the car and discussing why it matters: This post was created for ClimateProgress.org, ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Major advance in plug-in hybrid design Watch CBS this Saturday for breaking electric-car news	Joseph Romm	11 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I was just interviewed by CBS for a possible story on plug-in hybrids on Monday. You should tune in to CBS evening news Saturday for the first coverage of what I believe is a major advance in plug-ins -- a car I test drove a few weeks back and will be free to write about here Monday. The New York Times will probably be doing a print story on the car Sunday, which I'll link to. Then CBS may do another story, which is where I would come in. This hybrid technology ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, innovation, TV (all these topics)

Make electric cars, not ads GM CEO sows doubt about Volt debut date	Joseph Romm	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
The following is a guest post by Marc Geller, who blogs at Plugs and Cars, serves on the board of directors of the Electric Auto Association, cofounded Plug In America and DontCrush.com, and appeared in Who Killed The Electric Car. ----- CNNMoney.com reports on an online chat with GM CEO Rick Waggoner. General Motors might not be able to hit its target to have its breakthrough electric-powered car the Chevrolet Volt in production by 2010 ... GM has already ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

The mystery machine Amazing Race-ers awarded vague electric vehicle	Sarah van Schagen	08 Jan 2008	Gristmill
I'm always excited when eco-prizes are handed out on Those Reality TV Shows That I Totally Do Not Watch. But Sunday night on The Amazing Race, I was surprised to hear that the first-place pit-stop finishers were awarded electric vehicles, and then confused by the way the prize was never fully explained and seemed veiled in mystery. From EW.com's recap: ... [I]t was Christina and Ronald who finished first, earning themselves the weirdest prize ever: "an ...
Topics: electric vehicles, TV (all these topics)

Technology begets technology Battery technology continues to improve	biodiversivist	07 Jan 2008	Gristmill
This is my hybrid bike charging at a 7-11 while I ate some lunch. I was hauling a heavy load and had been tormenting another cyclist who had been trying to close a 10-foot gap with me for a couple of miles on Sand Point Way. I took my batteries to their limit of 4.6 amp-hours, so I had to pull out of the dogfight to refuel with 14 miles on the odometer. Yet-Ming Chiang (formerly a researcher at MIT) combined lithium ion technology with nanocarbon particles to ...
Topics: bikes, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

Fisking Vinod's comment Keeping power broker's hands out of the cookie jar	biodiversivist	28 Dec 2007	Gristmill
[[editor's note, by David Roberts] In addition to the updates below, I wanted to make it clear that this post does not meet Grist's standards. Had I been around (I'm on vacation), I would not have published it. I've sent Khosla a personal apology, which he has graciously accepted.] [UPDATE: Dave has requested that I update this post, which I have done below with some clarifications and added links.] Vinod Khosla recently posted this comment titled: 'Numbers Matt ...
Topics: climate change mitigation, climate, cars, electric vehicles, biofuels, business (all these topics)

Vinod Khosla blows his credibility dissing plug-ins Venture-capital star ain't no clean-tech expert	Joseph Romm	27 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Vinod Khosla may be a 'venture-capital star' who is now putting a lot of money into biofuels -- but he is no clean-tech expert, as he proved during a keynote address at ThinkEquity Partners' ThinkGreen conference in San Francisco. In remarks that should worry anybody relying on his judgment, Khosla said: Forget plug-ins. They are nice toys. But they will not be material to climate change. Very, very wrong. Plug-ins are likely to be a central strategy for dealing with ...
Topics: cars, climate, climate change mitigation, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Yes, EV batteries are durable! Menahem Anderman analyzes the state of car-battery technology	Joseph Romm	19 Dec 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest post by Marc Geller, who blogs at Plugs and Cars, serves on the board of directors of the Electric Auto Association, cofounded Plug In America and DontCrush.com, and appeared in Who Killed The Electric Car. ----- Menahem Anderman, PhD, is Mister Battery Consultant. The California Air Resources Board, DOE, and Congress all seem to turn to him to analyze the state of battery technology. His reports always suggest batteries won't quite cut ...
Topics: electric vehicles, hybrids, cars, tech (all these topics)

So MINI to Choose From Hybrid Technologies converts gas-powered cars to electric		18 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 4:09 PM on 18 Dec 2007 Obsessed with MINI Coopers but also like the idea of zero-emission electric vehicles? Have your car and drive it too: a company called Hybrid Technologies guts cars such as the MINI, smart fortwo, and PT Cruiser, and replaces their gas tanks with an electric motor and a stack of lithium batteries. Convinced? Starting in 2008, you'll be able to buy your electric MINI at Wal-Mart -- f ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, greenish companies, news, placemaking, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Buy Low, Sell Hybrids Honda plans small		14 Dec 2007	News
"affordable" hybrid car for U.S. market by 2009 Posted at 6:37 AM on 14 Dec 2007 Honda Motor Co. has announced it plans to improve the fuel-efficiency of its U.S. fleet by using "affordable" hybrid-engine technology in at least one model of subcompact car by 2009, as well as offering diesel versions of its larger vehicles. A company official characterized the plan this way: "At this moment, we say hybrid for small cars and diesel ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, United States (all these topics)

Hybrid sales up 82 percent in Nov. 2007 vs. Nov. 2006 Gas prices impact car-purchasing decisions in the U.S.	Joseph Romm	09 Dec 2007	Gristmill
Hybrid sales are taking off again as gasoline prices soar: Reported sales of hybrids in the US in November rose 82% year-on-year to reach 33,233 total units, representing 2.8% of all light-duty vehicles sold during the month. GM does not break out its hybrid sales separately, and so is not reflected in the hybrid number -- thus, the actual hybrid total and new market share will [be] slightly higher. Toyota posted a strong month, with Prius sales hitting 16 ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Prius smackdown, round two High gas prices make hybrids look even better	Clark Williams-Derry	07 Dec 2007	Gristmill
A couple of years ago, I ran some numbers trying to figure out which was the better buy for the planet -- a biodiesel Jetta or a hybrid Prius. And I came to the tentative, but perhaps counterintuitive, conclusion that the best buy was ... wait for it ... a Toyota Corolla. The Corolla, you see, was thousands of dollars cheaper than the Prius (the runner-up), even after I accounted for all the savings on gas from driving a fuel-miser. And if you were a gre ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, energy, green living, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Plug-in reality check The debate on plug-ins begins	biodiversivist	19 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Alan Durning's article makes a lot of good points about the need to do more than just improve the efficiency of our personal transport. It's a great article, but it also contains a few inaccuracies that I feel obligated to clear up before the global warming deniers (among others) try to use them. I can tell from the comments on Alan's post that some readers are under the mistaken impression that his conclusions are a reflection of the EPRI/NRDC (PDF) report cited, but ...
Topics: cars, tech, Prius, hybrids, energy, innovation, electric vehicles (all these topics)

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 ...
Topics: electricity grid, energy, hybrids, cars, electric vehicles, placemaking (all these topics)

Heeeyy, Tahoooe Hybrid Chevy Tahoe wins		15 Nov 2007	News
"Green Car of the Year" award Posted at 1:02 PM on 15 Nov 2007 The Green Car Journal has awarded the "Green Car of the Year" prize to ... drumroll please ... the hybrid Chevy Tahoe. An eight-passenger SUV not yet on sale? Whaaa? "People don't think green when SUVs are concerned and for generally good reason, since SUVS often get poor fuel economy," says Green Car publisher Ron Cogan. "Chevrolet's Tahoe Hybrid changes thi ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, news (all these topics)

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