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Great article on plug-in hybrids A must-read	David Roberts	06 Mar 2007	Gristmill
Let me most enthusiastically recommend this article in American Scientist on plug-in hybrids. It's by an engineer named Andrew Frank that's been working on hybrids in various incarnations since the early '70s. You green techno-geeks will love it. It's one of the most accessible pieces I've ever read on the history, technology, and challenges of plug-ins. You really should read the whole thing, but meat of it, for me, is in these three paragraphs toward the end: ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Tom Hanks, EV supporter and fiend for beef jerky Star is driving a converted electric car	Adam Browning	04 Mar 2007	Gristmill
AC Propulsion announced delivery of their first eBox to Tom Hanks. Its a Scion xB with the engine replaced by a 35 kW lithium ion battery -- delivering an impressive 150 mile range. And for $55k, they'll upgrade your Scion, too.And I had no idea Tom Hanks was such a regular guy. From the press release: Just before he drove off, silently, in his new eBox, Hanks observed, 'There are three electric cars sitting on the moon, and now an ...
Topics: cars, celebrity, electric vehicles, green living (all these topics)

Electric cars: going nowhere fast Electric motocycles may be bridge to electric cars	biodiversivist	02 Mar 2007	Gristmill
I see this pea-green electric car biffing around the neighborhood now and then. I test drove a similar car a year or so ago. Entrepreneurs just can't resist testing the electric car market. One company after another goes out of business, only to be replaced by the next guy in line. It might help if they would make them less silly looking. Adding a fourth wheel might have been worth it in this case. However, the problem isn't just marketing. You can't just make an elec ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, innovation, placemaking (all these topics)

The G-list The pre-Oscar buzz is green, all green	Yolanda Crous	23 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Penelope Cruz at the Global Green pre-Oscar party. Photo: Michael Caulfield / WireImage.comAnyone who sneaks a guilty peek at Access Hollywood or Extra after dinner knows that it is officially Party Week in Hollywood. Everybody and her over-pedigreed dog is in town, boozing and schmoozing it up before the Academy Awards on Sunday. So when I scored an invite to the Global Green pre-Oscar party, I was pretty pumped. This is th ...
Topics: Prius, consumerism, celebrity, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

The Land of Electric Enchantment Tesla Motors to build electric-car plant in New Mexico		22 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
The Land of Electric Enchantment Tesla Motors to build electric-car plant in New Mexico In April, electric-car start-up Tesla Motors will break ground on a manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, which beat out Flagstaff, Ariz., and Pittsburg, Calif., for the honor. The plant will churn out 10,000 WhiteStar sedans a year starting in 2009 -- "zero-emission" ...
Topics: Bill Richardson, cars, electric vehicles, New Mexico, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Death by Prius Hybrid cars dangerously quiet for pedestrians	Erik Hoffner	16 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Turns out that it isn't just U.S. automakers that have been put in mortal danger by hybrids (it is their fault, of course): the National Federation of the Blind said this week that those at risk include (gasp) cyclists, the blind, the elderly, and distracted pedestrians. Lay on those horns, people!
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, health, hybrids (all these topics)

Hybrid Lowdown Toyota will introduce new advertising, incentives for Prius		09 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Hybrid Lowdown Toyota will introduce new advertising, incentives for Prius To many, the Toyota Prius is synonymous with months-long waiting lists. But just as the automaker has stepped up production on its hybrid darling, sales have plateaued. Fearing that the car lacks mainstream appeal, Toyota is training dealers in Prius sweet talk, hyping incentives like low- and no-interest f ...
Topics: advertising, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, placemaking, Prius (all these topics)

Cleaner by the Dozen Green group produces list of top 12 eco-friendly vehicles		07 Feb 2007	Daily Grist
Cleaner by the Dozen Green group produces list of top 12 eco-friendly vehicles American autos are drowning their sorrows in foreign oil after not making the 2007 Green Book list of the top 12 eco-friendly vehicles, released yesterday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Honda's natural-gas-powered Civic GX (available only in California and New York) regain ...
Topics: Big Auto, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids, lists, news, Prius (all these topics)

Electric car buzz Lots of stuff happening	David Roberts	01 Feb 2007	Gristmill
Tom Whipple -- as usual, ahead of the curve on energy issues -- writes about the recent bustle of activity around electric cars. He concludes: Be it a Ford, a Chevy, or an Asian econobox, 2007 just might turn out to be the birth year for practical electric cars. URGE2, baby! (via EB)
Topics: cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Thanks to Jamais Cascio ...	David Roberts	22 Jan 2007	Gristmill
... for making my Prius dreams come true:
Topics: Prius, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

The 2008 Prius It will have lasers	David Roberts	22 Jan 2007	Gristmill
WorldCarFans has caused a bit of a blog uproar by posting what it claims is a spec-ed out sketch of the 2008 Prius (larger version here). According to Jalopnik, the new Prius will, depending on who you believe ... ... have a turbo, a diesel engine, a plug-in feature, a rooftop solar panel, a methane recirculation system, a nuclear power plant, and will run on a combination of dish soap, chicken cutlets and the new Shins record. But seriously, AutoBlogGr ...
Topics: Prius, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Prius facts to hang your hat on You may be surprised	biodiversivist	20 Jan 2007	Gristmill
I have been reading negative reports about Prius mileage and cost effectiveness for years. Here is one called 'The Hybrid Hoax,' written about a year ago. The author propagates misinformation by referring us to another article written in 2004 by a USA Today reporter (Kiley) who drove a Jetta diesel from Detroit to Washington, D.C., and a Prius back from Washington, D.C. to Detroit: Kiley had to stop to refill the Prius, which ended up averaging 38 miles per gallon, c ...
Topics: Prius, cars, hybrids, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Catch up post: replying to some comments	Gar Lipow	16 Jan 2007	Gristmill
As promised, this is a catch-up post, wherein I belatedly reply to various comments. Ron Steenblik, director of research for Global Subsidies Initiative, said: 'Long distance transmission lines are good because they reduce the need for storage or backup if we use variable sources to generate electricity. (Storage is good, but transmission is almost always cheaper.)' Gar, may I make the friendly suggestion that you qualify that statement. I can recall back in the 19 ...
Topics: consumerism, energy, hybrids, tech, cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Video of the Chevy Volt It ain't pretty	Adam Browning	15 Jan 2007	Gristmill
According to this video (below the fold), the Chevy Volt -- GM's much ballyhooed plug-in hybrid concept car -- sounds like a jet engine taking off as it tops out at somewhere between 6 to 7 mph. Conspiracy theorists, start your engines.
Topics: cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Terry Tamminen: Hydrogen, batteries, and electric cars We will wonk you	David Roberts	11 Jan 2007	Gristmill
DR: You're a big supporter of hydrogen, which is a storage medium for electrical energy. Moving our transportation infrastructure to hydrogen means offloading the power burden from oil and liquid fuels to electricity sources -- predominantly natural gas and coal. How is that an environmental gain, to go from oil to coal? TT: It isn't, but that's a false choice. There are lots of other ways we get hydrogen that are a lot more efficient, cheaper, and more env ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hydrogen, interview, Terry Tamminen (all these topics)

PHEVs on the Orient Express? Chinese company to make plug-in hybrid	Adam Browning	09 Jan 2007	Gristmill
I've long (at least 6 months anyway) said that the best thing that could happen to jumpstart the production of plug-in hybrids by American car companies would be for a Chinese car company to announce its intentions to build the same. My reasoning? It would be a perfect wedge product into the American market. Where consumers might be skeptical about buying a traditional Chinese car, people would line up to buy a PHEV, provenance notwithstanding, because they got no p ...
Topics: business, cars, China, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Happy Feat GM unveils plug-in hybrid at Detroit car show, sticks out tongue at greens		08 Jan 2007	Daily Grist
Happy Feat GM unveils plug-in hybrid at Detroit car show, sticks out tongue at greens The media got a peek at Detroit's North American International Auto Show yesterday, and manufacturers had a surprise in store: cars so green they could play hide-and-seek in a cornfield. The biggest buzz surrounded the Chevy Volt, a plug-in hybrid from General Motors, long vilified for yanking its original ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, placemaking (all these topics)

My predictions Guaranteed true, top to bottom!	biodiversivist	02 Jan 2007	Gristmill
In 2007: Prius sales will peak and begin a slow decline as consumers anticipate 2008 models from competitors that will have similar or better performance and therefore higher status. Electric hybrid bikes will become increasingly popular as a commuting tool thanks to improved battery technology. The SUV fad will continue to fade. The corn ethanol pyramid scheme will continue to play out based on the canard that the use of environmentally destructive biofuels i ...
Topics: biofuels, electric vehicles, environmental justice, green living, hybrids, lists, Prius (all these topics)

Biodee's big adventure Electric bike triumphs and travails	biodiversivist	15 Dec 2006	Gristmill
Rode my bike to jury duty last Wednesday. It was pouring rain and the winds were gusting into the 50s. I had my trailer hitched up because I was hauling a laptop, magazines, and a battery charger with me. I don't think I could have done this without the electric motor. However, at one point, a gust -- accelerated by the venturi effect of two skyscrapers -- stopped me cold. I jumped off and cowered in a nook where I found another guy hiding with the remains of his umbr ...
Topics: energy efficiency, hybrids, cars, bikes, electric vehicles (all these topics)

V2G (vehicle to grid): real but limited potential It's not the key to making renewables work	Gar Lipow	13 Dec 2006	Gristmill
In his post on the potential of our current grid to support electric cars, John McGrath mentioned V2G in passing. Electric cars (either hybrids or full EVs) have the potential to be a real-life silver bullet. Anyone who advocates for increased use of renewables is inevitably confronted with the problem of intermittency. With wind, the rule of thumb is that if grid energy supplied by wind grows to more than 25-30%, utilities need to spend prohibitive amounts on 'spinn ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy (all these topics)

Top ten breakthroughs that could help cool the greenhouse Read and be dazzled by the techno-futurism	Gar Lipow	12 Dec 2006	Gristmill
David asked contributors for end-of-year lists. Since I normally focus on conservative assumptions, I thought I'd use it as an excuse to look at future breakthroughs and cost improvements. I was going to weasel by calling these "possibilities," but instead I decided to use the time-tested technique of public psychics: I'll call them predictions, crow over any that come true, and pretend the rest never happened. 1. Power storage that will make electric cars ...
Topics: cars, climate change adaptation, electric vehicles, energy, energy efficiency, hybrids, solar voltaic power, wind power (all these topics)

Plug-in hybrids: Lots of room Hybrids connected to the electrical grid could change the energy game	John McGrath	12 Dec 2006	Gristmill
The U.S. Department of Energy has concluded that the existing U.S. electrical grid -- without additional construction for generation or transmission -- could accommodate 180 million cars that draw their power from night-time (off-peak) electricity. That's about 85% of the cars in the country. The full report is not yet available, but based on the press release, there's lots of good news -- with some bad news mixed in. First, the good news: aside from dramaticall ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

More subsidies needed to compete with subsidized subsidizations The ethanol game	biodiversivist	07 Dec 2006	Gristmill
Here is an article I found in the Renewable Energy Access bulletin asking for further government subsidization of cellulosic ethanol so it can compete with other subsidized biofuels. It gave me an idea. I looked up some statistics to see how much oil the Prius fleet has saved and compared it to how much ethanol is consumed. Turns out that the 500,000 Priuses sold save about five to seven times more oil annually than all of the corn ethanol consumed in the United St ...
Topics: electric vehicles, ethanol, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Top Goes the Diesel L.A. auto show sees Germans, GM committing to clean-tech cars		30 Nov 2006	Daily Grist
Top Goes the Diesel L.A. auto show sees Germans, GM committing to clean-tech cars This week's Los Angeles Auto Show has set the car world abuzz. General Motors, plagued by its gas-guzzling reputation and notorious electric-car bungle, announced its commitment to creating a rechargeable plug-in hybrid, becoming the first automaker to do so. "The technological hurdles are real, bu ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

A123 bike update -- for nerd eyes only Electric bike talk	biodiversivist	22 Nov 2006	Gristmill
This post is for all the nerds out there who keep sending me emails with technical questions. Consider it an update to my update. I designed a new battery holder out of PVC sheet to replace the wooden box used on my first prototype. I also replaced a fried switch with one that has a higher current rating and designed a new wiring harness with quick disconnects. My lead-acid battery pack is already starting to take less charge and I have now relegated it to back-up sta ...
Topics: bikes, electric vehicles (all these topics)

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