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Austin Alt Car: panel looks at the future of plug-in hybrids

The last in our series of reports from the discussion panels from last week's Austin Alt Car expo focuses on the panel that had the broadest possible appeal: an overview of plug-in hybrids. Taking place on the Saturday, and therefore more accessible to the working public, the free-form panel featured Ron Johnston-Rodriguez of PluginCenter.com and the Port of Chelan County in Washington State, and Chelsea Sexton of Plug-In America. Austan Librach, who works for Austin Energy and Plug-in Partners (well, he used to work for PiP), moderated. ... Read more →

Austin Alt Car: Future Prospects for Plug-in Hybrids

As I said earlier, the panels at the Austin Alt Car expo were heavily focused on plug-in vehicles. The last discussion on Friday continued the trend and was called "Future Prospects for Plug-in ...

Austin Alt Car: Will Consumers Buy In? Duh.

If you want to get an answer to the question of whether or not consumers will flock to plug-in vehicles, Southern California Edison's Ed Kjaer and Better Place's Sven Thesen would be great people to ...

Austin Alt Car: PHEV opportunities and challenges for utilities

When was the last time you talked to your electric power company? I mean, really sat down and had a good chat about when they should send you power and when they shouldn't? Have you told them when ...

Austin Alt Car: obscene amount of information on the smart grid and plug-in vehicles

The overwhelming theme of the discussion panels at the Austin Alt Car expo last weekend was plug-in vehicles. From questions of infrastructure to the vehicles themselves to the grid load, the ...

Austin Alt Car: face-to-face with a biofuel Hummer 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Face_to_face_with_the_SBA_s_biofuel_Hummer'; The H1 in the center of the Austin Alt Car expo show floor was decked out in a Health Yes! paint job but it was the handmade sign that caught the eye. "Powered by Vegetable Oil and Biodiesel," it read and was yet ...

Austin Alt Car: Bad Boy Buggies electric ATVs promise "they'll never hear you coming" 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Rhett Akins. Aaron Tippin. Ted Nugent. These are the usual suspects when you think about electric vehicles, right? Naturally. Well, when it comes to electron-powered all-terrain vehicles, they are just some of the celebrity ETV drivers. Bad Boy Buggies has been selling ETVs (that's electric ...

Austin Alt Car: Lighthouse Solar roof, carport an enviously good deal 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When I head just how (comparatively) cheaply you can get solar panels installed in Austin, Texas, I was pretty jealous. The real short version is that a $20,000+, 3 kWh system can be yours for around $6,000 thanks to local and federal tax breaks. And considering the amount of sunshine that Austin ...

Austin Alt Car: Propane participates proudly 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of the more organized presences at the first Austin Alt Car expo this past weekend was from the Texas propane community. From propane-powered lawnmowers to a giant propane-powered school bus, you couldn't miss the vehicles. Three pro-propane groups - the Texas Propane Educational & Marketing ...

Austin Alt Car: Z Wheelz shows off Porsche EV and ZW2 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The two vehicles that Gary Krysztopik and Z Wheelz brought to Alt Cat Austin this weekend could not be more different. One the one hand, we have the ZW2 (above), a hot rod like trike with all sorts of chrome. The three-wheeled bike is Krysztopik's prototype kit car - one in a planned full line ...



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