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Bye-bye, hybrids Kicking Toyota out of the country	Katharine Wroth	10 Feb 2006	Gristmill
Let's say you're threatened by hybrids. Let's say you're particularly threatened by hybrids coming into the U.S. from another country, and proving mighty popular. What might be a creative way to fix the problem? Oh, how about suing for patent infringement? 'If the International Trade Commission agrees with Solomon, [Toyota] could be banned from importing the systems and the Prius and Highlander hybrid models that they power.' Stay tuned.
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, politics, Prius (all these topics)

'Health Care for Hybrids' -- a smart trade? Obama and Inslee propose to save the American auto industry by paying it to do the smart thing	David Roberts	08 Feb 2006	Gristmill
Don't miss "Salvaging the Auto Industry," a Boston Globe op-ed from Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), two of the Dems' brightest lights on energy issues. (Inslee wrote a piece in Grist on his New Apollo Energy Act.) Obama and Inslee propose a piece of legislation called the 'Health Care for Hybrids' Act. The idea is that the feds would help American auto companies pay some of their enormous healthcare costs; in return, the companie ...
Topics: Barack Obama, cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, Jay Inslee, legislation, politics (all these topics)

Kristof for plug-in hybrids	David Roberts	06 Feb 2006	Gristmill
Nicholas Kristof -- with whom I've taken issue in the past -- advocates on behalf of plug-in hybrids in his latest New York Times column. I must say, it's passing strange to see issues once confined to greenie outposts suddenly flooding the mainstream press. (via After Gutenberg)
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Break on through to the other side New batteries make a plug-in hybrid commercially viable	biodiversivist	04 Feb 2006	Gristmill
Announcements of technological breakthroughs that are going to save the planet are a dime a dozen. The true test is commercial success on the free market. By 'free market' I mean no tax money to support its continued existence, and by 'save the planet' I mean something that does not feed the planet to our cars. We are going to see a commercial application of this new technology in just a few months. You can find more details here. I promised on my last post to look ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Lights, Camera, Traction Al Gore and electric car star in films unveiled at Sundance	Dan Bree	02 Feb 2006	Arts and Minds
At 25 years of age, Sundance is the country's premier festival of independent film. But a lot has changed over that quarter century. Well, actually, one thing has changed: m-o-n-e-y. There's a ton of Hollywood cash spent at Sundance, and I could see it everywhere I looked last week. The "VIP" corporate parties on Main Street. The piles of free stuff for celebrities. The Moviefon ...
Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, cars, climate, electric vehicles, green living, movies, placemaking, renewable energy, Utah (all these topics)

High oil prices make for the strangest bedfellows A coalition plugs (ha ha) for plug-in hybrids	biodiversivist	30 Jan 2006	Gristmill
How did everybody miss this?Declaring the country's economy, environmental health and national security at risk, a grassroots coalition of cities including Austin, Baltimore, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle as well as electric utilities and national policy organizations today kicked off a nationwide campaign to urge automakers to accelerate development of plug-in hybrid vehicles. Click on the webcast if you want to see a bunch of stuffed shirts give sp ...
Topics: Big Auto, cars, electric vehicles, energy, grassroots activism, renewable energy (all these topics)

Two Prongs Make a Right New coalition lobbies Big Auto to build plug-in hybrid cars		26 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Two Prongs Make a Right New coalition lobbies Big Auto to build plug-in hybrid cars Plug-In Partners is not, as the name might indicate, a swingers' club. Rather, it's a diverse national campaign -- encompassing cities, electric utilities, national-security hawks, and others -- pushing for plug-in hybrids: gas-electric vehicles with batteries that can be recharged via a re ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, placemaking, renewable energy (all these topics)

Luna and Electric Dreams Two new eco-movies on the way from Participant Productions	Chris Schults	22 Jan 2006	Gristmill
Speaking of Participant Productions, I just discovered they have two more environmentally themed films in development: 1) Luna Luna is based on the true story of Julia Butterfly Hill, a drifter turned environmentalist who galvanized the movement in the early 90's to save the redwood trees in Northern California from deforestation.Julia Hill was a young woman without direction or purpose whose travels brought her to Northern California and the quiet majesty of the ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, environmental movement, movies (all these topics)

This is what a Honda sounds like ...	Chris Schults	13 Jan 2006	Gristmill
Normally, with the exception of those for hybrids, I can't stand car commercials. But then there is this. As you will learn from the length of the commercial, as well as the fact the car is on the 'wrong' side of the road, it is for UK audiences. Sigh ... Europeans do so many things so much better. I'd like to see a counter ad from Toyota with 'this is what a Prius sounds like ...' followed by silence. (Via PSFK)
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, TV (all these topics)

Going to Sundance?	Chris Schults	04 Jan 2006	Gristmill
Formerly known as EV Confidential, Who Killed the Electric Car?, currently in post-production, will be playing during the 2006 Sundance Film Festival (Jan. 19 - 29, Park City, Utah). A synopsis: Fashioned like a tongue-in-cheek murder mystery, Who Killed the Electric Car? sets out to uncover just who is responsible for the demise of this ill-fated vehicle. The spirited film runs through the prime suspects, including car companies, oil companies, the government, a ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, movies (all these topics)

Use your Prius as a generator Cool.	David Roberts	03 Jan 2006	Gristmill
Here's a nifty little guide to setting up your Prius as an emergency power supply for your house. (via BB)
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Prius and oil, part deux More!	David Roberts	06 Dec 2005	Gristmill
About a week ago I did a short post on Prius/oil-related matters that seemed to irritate a few folks. I hadn't noticed until today that our occasional contributor (and pundit nonpareil) Clark Williams-Derry posted a response. He seemed to be approaching the question the same way some other people did, so I thought I'd offer a reply. To recap: A Wall Street Journal editorial (sub.) said this: Petroleum not consumed by Prius owners is not 'saved.' It does not st ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, oil, Prius (all these topics)

Prius and oil Calming down the hybrid hype.	David Roberts	30 Nov 2005	Gristmill
Treehugger mocks this, from the notoriously hack-a-rrific Wall Street Journal editorial page: Petroleum not consumed by Prius owners is not 'saved'. It does not stay in the ground. It is consumed by someone else. Greenhouse gases are still released. I'm all for mocking the WSJ editorial page, but this statement is quite true. Oil supply and demand are tightly coupled right now and are only going to get more so. Any dribble of oil you don't use will be snapped up ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, oil, Prius (all these topics)

Just Joshin' Electric-car driver was not an eco-terrorist, FBI admits		16 Nov 2005	Daily Grist
Just Joshin' Electric-car driver was not an eco-terrorist, FBI admits The FBI will issue a rare "letter of regret" and pay environmentalist Josh Connole $100,000 after mistakenly arresting him for domestic terrorism. Agents followed Connole for several days in 2003, after arson-vandalism attacks at four Southern California car dealerships in which gas-guz ...
Topics: electric vehicles, environmental justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, news, politics (all these topics)

Who killed the electric car?	Chris Schults	09 Nov 2005	Gristmill
Currently in production is EV Confidential, a documentary 'about electric cars, hybrids, hydrogen, and the future of transportation.' Word has it that Sony Pictures Classics (SPC) has picked up the North-American/English speaking rights and will release EV Confidential in 2006. Watch the trailer here.
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, movies (all these topics)

Danny's Contentment: Following the experience of an electric car owner in London	Chris Schults	03 Nov 2005	Gristmill
Now this is what I'm talking about. Take one innovative Brit, one video recorder, one blog, one electric car and ... voi la, you have one cool video blog. Danny Fleet is chronicling his purchase of, and driving experience with, his REVA on his video blog, Danny's Contentment. Watch clips of the delivery, a HOWTO on watering (!) the REVA, Danny's first time in the driver's seat, his first ticket ... you get the picture. Any Gristmillers have a video blog of their own ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, London (all these topics)

VW goes lithium	Chris Schults	03 Nov 2005	Gristmill
I must admit, I enjoy watching Volkswagen TV commercials. They're hip ('Independence Day'), funny ('Airport'), sometimes innovative ('Squares') and sometimes weird ('Sardines'). But I've often wondered when VW will seriously enter the hybrid market. According to Wired's Autopia blog, maybe soon: Volkswagen is exploring using lithium ion batteries in future hybrid vehicles. The German automaker is working with Hybrid Technologies to develop a concept vehicle in North ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

Electric potential Electric cars are looking good, but not quite there in terms of quality	biodiversivist	19 Oct 2005	Gristmill
I dropped in on the local electric car dealership the other day to kick some tires and see what's new. I especially liked the look of one model. It has four doors and a hatchback and is about the size and shape of the old VW Bug. When I checked under the hood I found six 12-volt, lead-acid batteries. It also did not have a transmission.Certainly, using lead-acid batteries and eliminating the transmission are engineering compromises that should go a long way toward kee ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles (all these topics)

Pimp My Prius Customizations and hacks jazz up a hybrid		26 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Pimp My Prius Customizations and hacks jazz up a hybrid Sure, your Prius saves gas and helps you reduce your personal carbon dioxide emissions ... but does it have mad bling? We didn't think so. Luckily, The New York Times commissioned George Barris, car customizer extraordinaire, to modify a Prius without altering the car's mechanics or electronics for a price the Gray Lady termed "withi ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids, news, Prius (all these topics)

Price Guys Finish First Toyota plans to cut price of its hybrids		13 Sep 2005	Daily Grist
Price Guys Finish First Toyota plans to cut price of its hybrids Aching for a Toyota Prius hybrid, but wilting at the thought of shelling out $3,500 or more over the price of a conventional car? Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe is thinking of you: He's directed the company's engineering chief to halve the price difference between a hybrid and its gasoline-only equivalent. Spea ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, Prius, renewable energy (all these topics)

Gas Mileage: Consumer Retorts Consumer Reports' real-world mpg figures make the Prius even more appealing	Clark Williams-Derry	12 Sep 2005	Gristmill
Consumer Reports recently claimed that EPA's vehicle ratings routinely overstate how fuel-efficient cars and trucks are in real-world driving. For standard cars and trucks, the magazine says, EPA's ratings overstate real-world fuel economy by 30 percent. But for small hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius, they claim that EPA overstates actual miles-per-gallon by a hefty 42 percent. (Ouch.) Now, I believe that there's reason to question Consumer Reports' figures. O ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Your Love Is Liftin' Me Hybrider California dealers jacking up prices for scarce hybrids		29 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
Your Love Is Liftin' Me Hybrider California dealers jacking up prices for scarce hybrids Californians may find themselves paying up to $4,000 over the manufacturer's suggested retail price for a gas-electric Toyota Prius -- if they can get their hands on one at all. Folks hankering for a Honda Civic or Insight hybrid also face dealer premiums and lean supply. Thanks to soaring gas cos ...
Topics: business, California, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, news, Prius (all these topics)

A plug-in electric hybrid that gets 12,500 MPG and has a range of 20 miles It's an electric bike	biodiversivist	23 Aug 2005	Gristmill
I don't know what this guy's hang-up is with Deuce Bigalow, but high gas prices and the following comment by Odograph on the cost of plug-in electric hybrids got me thinking again. In lieu of paying $3-6K more for a plug-in hybrid electric car: What if you drive a prius and plant $3-10K worth of trees? What if you skip the prius, buy an echo and plant $13-20K worth of trees? What if you spend $1k and ride a really nice bike? I especially liked his last idea. I jum ...
Topics: bikes, electric vehicles, green living, green products, placemaking (all these topics)

Su-Su-Pseudo On true hybrids	Umbra Fisk	15 Aug 2005	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I read the New York Times article that reported auto manufacturers are using hybrid technology to boost power rather than improve mileage. It specifically mentioned the Honda Accord, claiming that the mileage difference between the six-cylinder and the hybrid is minimal. What are the facts here? Is there a hybrid that really, actually, no-foolin'-around, gives really good mileage, represents a significant improvement over the reg ...
Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, cars, electric vehicles, fuel efficiency, hybrids, placemaking (all these topics)

Flying brick Beware the hype around plug-in hybrids	biodiversivist	14 Aug 2005	Gristmill
An article in Business Week Online tells us that experimental hybrid cars get up to 250 mpg (a very similar article appeared in the New York Times business section a couple of months earlier). I enjoy reading between the lines of lay press science and technology articles. There was a great discussion in Grist on this subject not too long ago. Gremban ...spent... $3,000 tinkering with his car... [I]n the trunk sits an 80-miles-per-gallon secret -- a stack of 18 brick ...
Topics: business, cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, hybrids (all these topics)

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