http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/ News From CalCars on Plug-in Hybrids 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; Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:33:16 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1075 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1075 First of three catch-up postings: CalCars' one-page presentation of the case for gas-guzzler conversions and a request for endorsements; a supportive analysis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:49:22 GMT Felix http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1074 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1074 Due to a mixup we announced that the chat today (described below) would be at 12:30 Eastern, 9:30 Pacific -- but it's 3:30 Eastern 12:30 Pacific. Below is the Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:56:21 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1073 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1073 Here's information on an event tomorrow morning, conferences next week in MIchigan and Washington State, and reports/links to our presentation at a recent Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:24:09 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1072 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1072 You'll find more items here than in any previous posting to CalCars-News. It's no longer possible to follow everything, but we hope to help spotlight Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:55:55 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1071 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1071 At last month's Plug In 2009 conference and since, we've seen quite a bit of news about conversions. They confirm the case we've been making: because the Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:49:09 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1070 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1070 Below we include news about GM, Toyota and Ford, plus a major story in the New Yorker magazine, and an invitation to unsuccessful applicants for recent US Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:11:26 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1069 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1069 Entrepreneurs have begun to retrofit ordinary combustion vehicles into all-electrics or plug-in hybrids. Below we talk about why this could be the "big fix" Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:26:50 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1068 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1068 Wednesdsay we posted news and specifics about the federal grant awards for the battery development for plug-in vehicles. We mistakenly said that these awards Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:38:25 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1067 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1067 We want to share ASAP today's news. Below we include a quote, the basics, our quick summary of who got what, and URLs for the full list and related primary Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:56:38 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1066 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1066 Here's more info on two events coming up in the next few weeks; some good news for CalCars; and previews on four new national plug-in events. You can also find Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:24:01 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1065 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1065 With so much important news accumulating recently, I had considered calling this posting, "PHEV Reader's Digest," or "The Kitchen PHEV Sink." I hope the Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:17:33 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1064 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/1064 The roundup below includes the notes for our presentation to a forum, "US-China Cleantech - An Update," that was organized by Jim Hurd, premier networker and