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Bipartisan sanity? Bills re plug-in hybrids …

June 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Bipartisan sanity? Bills re plug-in hybrids …

Perhaps we need to rub our eyes, but it looks like there are outbreaks of bipartisan sanity emerging on energy issues.  A just introduced bill to promote plug-in hybrids is a poster child of sane policy concepts. From co-sponsor Orrin Hatch (R-Utah): “With the rapid industrialization of countries like India and China, the demand for […]

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Tags: automobiles · hybrid · PHEV

Plug-in / Hydrogen — Natural allies or competitors or …

April 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Plug-in / Hydrogen — Natural allies or competitors or …

Today, Wired‘s Autopia published Plug-In Hybrids Weaken the Case for Hydrogen Vehicles.  It opens The U.S. DOE continues to fund hydrogen research, a long term proposition that could be mute if plug-in hybrids become commercially successful. Is this right? Are plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEVs) likely to make hydrogen OBE (overtaken by events)?

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Tags: alternative fuels · automobiles · batteries · hybrid · hydrogen · PHEV

Plugging-in to a better tomorrow?

April 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Plugging-in to a better tomorrow?

Chevy is tantalizing those of us who wish for a better energy future dominated by American technology, American workers, and a stronger American  economy.  The Chevy VOLT concept for a stylish, plug-in hybrid, would transform the automobile market while leaping the nation forward in our ability to reduce our dependence on (imported) oil. 

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Tags: automobiles · electricity · energy efficiency · hybrid · PHEV