http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/ News From CalCars on Plug-in Hybrids Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:46:10 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/968 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/968 Following up on our June 23 report on McCain's proposals, http://www.calcars.org/calcars-news/966.html here is the latest. As we had expected/hoped, the Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:21:13 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/967 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/967 More below from Intel's former CEO Andy Grove: this story is now running at the Chicago Tribune's website and should get broad distribution Sunday and Monday. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:13:49 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/966 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/966 Big news today: we start with some background about the candidates and plug-in cars, then we go to what each candidate has said in the past few days, with our Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:42:41 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/965 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/965 We've often said people don't buy hybrids for paybacks -- they're buying "the environmental feature," just like people buy leather seats -- or for that matter, Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:19:45 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/964 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/964 The June 11-12 conference, "Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington" confirmed the full emergence of PHEVs. Plug-in cars are now seen as a Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:02:20 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/963 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/963 CONVERSIONS AND SAFETY CalCars has been promoting conversions of vehicles to PHEVs for several years -- not as an end in itself but as a strategy to build Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:28:54 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/962 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/962 I'd hoped to combine this with a report on the Google/Brookings conference but that's not done. Meanwhile: The presentations from the 2008 Power Up! Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:11:55 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/961 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/961 HAS TOYOTA COMMITTED TO MASS PRODUCTION PHEVS? Many auto industry observers think Toyota will stay in the race to be first with PHEVs, or will follow closely Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:40:22 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/960 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/960 US ENERGY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES PROJECTS As part of its growing commitment to PHEV projects, in early 2008 USDOE announced it was soliciting bids for projects Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:42:28 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/959 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/959 Silicon Valley has made history in the early development of radio, aviation, aerospace, computers and the Internet (each time, it must be pointed out, not Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:28:49 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/958 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/958 For several years, many Prius owners have been telling their dealers "I want a hybrid that I get to plug in." For the past two years, Prius dealers have been Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:06:57 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/957 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/957 It's a milestone day. GM's CEO has announced that the Board of Directors has OK'd mass production of the Chevy Volt beginning in late 2010 -- moving that date Fri, 23 May 2008 21:59:24 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/956 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/956 Top bipartisan elected officials are speaking -- along with advocates, officials and automakers from Michigan, California, Japan and elsewhere..... Below is Fri, 16 May 2008 20:57:44 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/955 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/955 Next week we'll be at the GreenWest conference and expo http://www.greenwestexpo.com/ at the Los Angeles Convention Center. On Tues-Thurs, at Expo Hall Booth Fri, 16 May 2008 06:58:39 GMT Felix Kramer http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/954 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/calcars-news/message/954 Nissan, which long ago was one of the first automakers to be interested in plug-in hybrids, is back and in the race for PHEVs. After years of skepticism about