http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/ News From CalCars on Plug-in Hybrids Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:07:22 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1090 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1090 The National Research Council recently issued a report predicting that plug-in vehicles will remain uneconomical without subsidies for decades. This report Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:10:27 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1089 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1089 As a kid, seeing postal trucks drive, stop,turn off, restart, or drive, stop, and drive, first put the idea in my head that idling didn't make sense, Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:14:17 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1088 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1088 To understand many of the most critical issues that face the auto industry, read the new report by the Electrification Coalition: "Electrification Roadmap: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:30:25 GMT Felix http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1087 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1087 INTRODUCTION: For your edification this long weekend: In this posting, we return to address in greater detail the faulty assumptions underlying the conclusion Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:27:21 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1086 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1086 Welcome to 2010: The Year of the Plug-In Car. Here's our take on where we are as we enter this thrilling time. Plus some new opportunities and ways to get Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:59:36 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1085 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1085 When the National Academy of Science's outgoing fuel cell analyst team produced a flawed study as its last act, the broad community promoting plug-in hybrids Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:43:11 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1084 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1084 There's lots of recent news for GM -- and it's essentially all good. When the company announced the Volt in January 2007, it said it expected to have the car Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:34:23 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1083 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1083 Here's CalCars' comment: "We applaud Toyota's recognition that PHEVs' time has come. The technology is good enough to get started and the solution offers a Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:43:33 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1082 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1082 Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer-Prize winning NYTimes columnist, has been writing eloquently and persuasively about cleantech's potential to change and improve the Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:02:10 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1081 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1081 The ICE (internal combustion engine) retrofit industry is gaining momentum. Below we have news that Bright Automotive has signed its first contract for a Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:01:50 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1080 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1080 Below read about: The Cleantech Open Award has gone national and will announce its 2009 awards in San Francisco this Tuesday--attend at a discount. A new Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:06:18 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1079 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1079 With COP-15 less than a month away -- for an unusual coalition's response to the international "Conference of Parties" of the United Nations Framework Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:53:03 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1078 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1078 We just spoke at the first large-scale conference in Detroit on plug-in cars, "The Business of Plugging In." Speakers at this high-level event, organized by Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:09:20 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1077 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1077 Third of three catch-up postings. POLICY: The ability of plug-ins to claim 100+ MPG continues to raise questions for raters and measurers; White House Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:37:06 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1076 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1076 Second of three catch-up postings. Analysis of Toyota's long-awaited announcement of sales of PHEVs (in 2012); new concept PHEVs from Suzuki, Mitsubishi;