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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)

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)

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)

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)

We Hail These Taxis NYC taxicabs will have to boost fuel economy		12 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 1:28 PM on 12 Dec 2007 New York City taxicabs purchased after Oct. 1, 2008, will be required to get at least 25 miles per gallon, and those purchased after fall 2009 will have to get 30 mpg -- so, basically, will have to be hybrids, according to a rule adopted by the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission. The city's iconic Crown Victoria cabs currently get around a measly 10 mpg. sources:� The New York Sun, Associated Pre ...
Topics: cars, fuel efficiency, hybrids, New York City, news, placemaking (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: cars, electric vehicles, electricity grid, energy, hybrids, 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)

Who will reincarnate the electric car? Automakers want to delay the transition to electric vehicles	Joseph Romm	13 Nov 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay 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. ----- The IEEE Spectrum Magazine for November 2007 touts on its cover: 'Battery or Fuel-Cell Cars? A California Cabal Will Decide.' Interesting choice of headlines. Surely a strong argument can be made that something approaching a caba ...
Topics: business, consumerism, hybrids, cars, energy, electric vehicles, innovation, tech (all these topics)

Toxic optimists vs. plaid shirts Delusional Beltway optimism about energy	Michael Tobis	12 Nov 2007	Gristmill
A couple of weeks ago, I attended a seminar hosted by several departments at the University of Texas on the topic of 'peak oil.' The occasion was the visit of David Sundalow of the Brookings Institution, who is hawking his new book Freedom from Oil. This was mutually convenient for him and the university, which is trying to carve out a position as an optimistic, rolled-up-sleeves, can-do problem-solver in the fields of energy and water. I have no objection to that ...
Topics: biofuels, ethanol, hybrids, cars, books, energy, climate (all these topics)

Preorder your high-end plug-in hybrid now! Plug-in sports car to hit showrooms in 2010	Joseph Romm	11 Nov 2007	Gristmill
Fisker Automotive is taking orders for its $80,000 (only $1,000 down!) '4-door plug-in hybrid sports sedan': The specs released so far (PDF) are: Performance details for the first car are impressive achieving 50 miles (80 kilometers) on a pure electric charge [sic]. Additionally, by further utilizing a gasoline or diesel engine offered by Fisker, one can extend the total range of their Fisker to more than 620 miles (1000 kilometers). The first Fisker will a ...
Topics: cars, consumerism, electric vehicles, green living, hybrids (all these topics)

Pick me! Pick me! 100 households to test out plug-in hybrid Pruises in California	Adam Browning	06 Nov 2007	Gristmill
UC Davis's Institute of Transportation Studies and AAA are looking for 100 households willing to drive their plug-in hybrids. I nominate myself for the sacrifice. The more batteries we have plugged into the grid, the more renewable energy we'll get on the grid. I would say I can't wait to buy one of these commercially, but if you read the sad details from Felix at CalCars, you'll see that's exactly what I am going to have to do. It appears Honda is out, Toyota is re ...
Topics: California, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, innovation, Prius (all these topics)

Here to stay Why I don't agree with James Kunstler about peak oil and the 'end of suburbia'	Joseph Romm	29 Oct 2007	Gristmill
The remarkably low fueling cost of the best current hybrids (like the Toyota Prius) and future plug-in hybrids are major reasons I don't worry as much about peak oil as some do. James Kunstler, for instance, argues in his 2005 book The Long Emergency (see Rolling Stone excerpt here) that after oil production peaks, suburbia 'will become untenable' and 'we will have to say farewell to easy motoring.' In Rolling Stone, Kunstler writes, 'Suburbia will come to be reg ...
Topics: cars, fuel efficiency, energy, oil, hybrids (all these topics)

URGE2, baby Automakers debate skipping directly to full-electric cars	David Roberts	26 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Ah, finally! The argument surfacing among auto-industry leaders gathering for the Tokyo Motor Show this week is over whether it is time to skip past partial electrification of cars -- represented by gasoline-electric hybrids such as the Toyota Prius -- and push instead to revive the idea of an all-electric car. On one side are Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors Corp. Both have played down all-electric cars in favor of developing gasoline-elec ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius (all these topics)

Chick car Reaper on the Prius	David Roberts	15 Oct 2007	Gristmill
CW has a new show called Reaper, about a slacker whose parents sold his soul to the devil, who he now has to work for. It's genial enough, funny in bits. I like to keep an eye on how Priuses and hybrids are used in television, and this one was amusing:
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, Prius, TV (all these topics)

Hybrid owners beware Priceless Colbert	JMG	07 Oct 2007	Gristmill

Topics: cars, electric vehicles, funnies, hybrids, TV (all these topics)

Debunking Shellenberger & Nordhaus -- Part III What Californians know that Shellenberger & Nordhaus don't	Joseph Romm	05 Oct 2007	Gristmill
'The kind of technological revolution called for by energy experts typically does not occur via regulatory fiat' claim Shellenberger & Nordhaus. Actually, that is typically the only way it occurs. I defy anyone to name a country that has successfully adopted alternative fuels for vehicles without employing some kind of regulatory mandate. This is also true in the electricity sector. Consider that in terms of electricity consumption, the average Californian gen ...
Topics: California, cars, climate, electric vehicles, energy, energy efficiency, greenhouse-gas emissions, hybrids, tech (all these topics)

Discover Brilliant Q&A: Bill Williams of Zenn Motors A chat with Zenn about NEVs and EEstor	David Roberts	04 Oct 2007	Gristmill
I talked to a few people at Discover Brilliant. I'll be getting Q&As up over the coming weeks. Bill Williams is the California sales director for Zenn Motor Co., maker of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs). In addition to selling one of the most full-featured NEVs, Zenn has an exclusive contract with a tight-lipped and somewhat mysterious company called EEstor. EEstor claims it's making an ultracapacitor that will so far outperform previous capacitors tha ...
Topics: business, cars, electric vehicles, energy, fuel efficiency, hybrids, interview (all these topics)

Coal-solar hybrid It doesn't make sense -- and that's the point	Adam Browning	30 Sep 2007	Gristmill
More than a few people were taken in by a guy peddling a coal/solar hybrid system at Solar Power 2007. "But, smokestacks on the roof -- that just doesn't make sense," said a government bureaucrat, who shall remain unnamed pending resolution of my grant proposal. Indeed, it doesn't. As the less credulous might have predicted, it was a marketing spoof by Sharp Solar: This, fight fans, is textbook campaigning in the YouTube era. Come up with a shtick that ...
Topics: coal, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Adventures in the smart grid no. 3 Who will lead on advancing smart-grid technologies?	Patrick Mazza	21 Sep 2007	Gristmill
To bring on the amounts of variable wind and solar energy and plug-in vehicles needed to meet our vast energy challenges, we will need a smart grid capable of managing much more complex power flows. Outside of some progressive exemplars, however, don't expect leadership to come from the utility sector. Instead, changes will be forced by new policies and players, including some you might not expect, like big box retailers. Those were my key takeaways from the stell ...
Topics: cars, electricity grid, energy, hybrids (all these topics)

Discover Brilliant: Plug-in hybrids A panel discussion on how much plug-ins rule	David Roberts	18 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Today at lunch: 'Squeezing the Balloon -- The Opportunities and Challenges in Plug-In Hybrids,' by conference moderator P.S. Reilly. Also: Andy somebody from UC Davis, John Baker from Austin Energy Andy: Oil prices are rising, peak oil's on the way, automakers are worried they won't be able to sell their cars. Plug-ins offer redundancy -- two sources of energy. Baker: We see it as a way of addressing climate change. Third guy whose name I didn't catch: I looked a ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids (all these topics)

Send Google.org your cool plug-in idea Cutting edge investment philanthropy from the search engine's .org arm	David Roberts	13 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Joel Makower brings news of an interesting and innovative initiative (an III, if you will) from Google.org, the search company's non-nonprofit philanthropy arm. They're sending out an open call asking inventors and entrepreneurs to pitch them on products and services that would speed the commercialization of plug-in hybrids. There's $10 million in investment capital waiting to be divided among the winners. Says Google: We welcome and expect to receive submissions f ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, hybrids, innovation (all these topics)

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