Plug in Hybrids

Will China Design The First Plug-In Hybrid?

Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green

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BYD is China's largest battery maker. Chances are, if you have a cellphone or a mp3 player, you have one of their products. The company is getting int...

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Obama Delivers a Real Energy Plan for America: Efficiency Now, 10% Renewables by 2012, One Million Plug-ins by 2015

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

This is easily the best energy plan ever put forward by a nominee of either party. By comparison, the plan of John "Nothing but Nukes" McCain plan is a joke.

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Biodiesel? Veggie Diesel? Frequently Asked Questions

Planet Green | Posted 08.05.2008 | Green

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What is biodiesel, anyway? Biodiesel, the common name for fatty acid alkyl esters, is a biological-based fuel that can substitute petroleum fuels in d...

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Electric Cars: Where Will The Infrastructure Come From?

GreenBiz | Joel Makower | Posted 08.02.2008 | Green

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This week's announcement by General Motors that it has joined with more than 30 utility companies across the U.S. to work on issues related to electri...

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Can GM Survive?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.29.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

John McCain visited a GM factory and said if cars like the Volt, a plug-in gas/electric hybrid GM is developing, really do make it to market (still a question mark), "hundreds of thousands of jobs will be created." He's wrong.

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The Detroit Three --- Making Any Relevant Cars or Trucks?

Steve Parker | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business

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Steve Parker

That the Detroit Three have to build cars and trucks which make sense now and in the future, and which Americans want to buy.

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What's A Plug-In Hybrid? Frequently Asked Questions...

ClimateProgress | Posted 07.19.2008 | Green

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Climate Progress has blogged on Plug-in Hybrids (PHEVs) many times because they are an important part of the solution, but certain questions keep comi...

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Plug-In Cars Could Actually Increase Air Pollution

USA Today | James R. Healey | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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The expected introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two r...

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Chrysler Opts For All-Electric Cars Rather Than Plug-Ins

CNet News | Michael Kanellos | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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When you're No. 3, you've got to do something. At the Detroit auto show this week, Chrysler showed off three green car concepts, including an all-ele...

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