The Electrification Coalition has conducted an interesting poll, which shows support for electric vehicles to be high among Americans.
Download the presentation here (pdf).
We recently received a great update on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration EV testing and safety standards…
The Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards are in the Code of Federal Regulations. Go to http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html
Scroll down to title 49, Transportation and select the Oct 2008 volume.
Then select the 500 – 599 subpart, National Highway Traffic Safety [...]
The report, Impact of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lane Incentives for Hybrids in Virginia, prepared by a Research Fellow at LMI investigates how HOV incentives for hybrids helped with their adoption in Virginia. This study could be a good guide for how EVs may be adopted using similar incentives.
Download Britta Gross of GM’s presentation for utilities on electric vehicle preparation.
Plug In America has recently released a great resource that details all of the available and forthcoming plug-in electric vehicles to be released in North America.
Check it out!
Check out the TCO calculator to compare vehicle lifetime costs.
What type of plug-in vehicles are on their way? When are they coming? Click here to review a list of available and soon-to-be available plug-ins
What is a plug-in car? Check out the plug-in hybrid, electric car, and stop-start tabs on this website for an overview: http://www.hybridcars.com/plug-in-hybrid-cars
