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0AltCar 2009: Dan Neil, "Some Inconvenient Questions," and GM hints it could sell Chevy Volt gliders 1255032420
On top of the test drives (Wheego Whip), test rides (Coda Sedan) and a visit to the unlimited energy booth, a highlight of the AltCar Expo last weekend was getting to hear the LA Times' premiere auto scribe Dan Neil moderate two sessions called "Some Inconvenient Questions." Neil was lucky to ...
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AltCar 2009: Riding in Green Vehicles' Triac, a prototype that is not quite ready 1254959160
Triac - Click above for high-res image galleryThe history of the Green Vehicles' Triac is a convoluted one. First surfacing in the summer of 2008, promised delivery dates in November and December 2008 were not kept, but Green Vehicles' Ehab Youssef and his team kept on pushing forward, taking ... -
AltCar 2009: EF9's "unlimited clean energy" turbine could go into cars, if it works 1254872880
EF9's "unlimited clean energy" system - Click above for high-res image galleryMark Tanner, who does R&D for EF9 Energy Systems, was pretty wiped out by the time we got to speak with him at the end of AltCar 2009 in Santa Monica last weekend. It's understandable. He'd been explaining how his ... -
AltCar 2009: Coda Sedan test ride; wish we could drive the $30,000 (or so) electric vehicle 1254786600
Coda EV Sedan - click above for high-res image galleryBack in August, members of the Diamond Bar Electric Vehicle Association were treated to rides in t he Coda all-electric sedan with Coda Automotive CEO Kevin Czinger at the wheel. This past weekend, AutoblogGreen was given the same opportunity ... -
AltCar 2009: NuTech battery swap trailer is fresh, kind of crazy 1254693720
NuTech battery swap trailer model - Click above for high-res image galleryThe most interesting electric vehicle concept product we saw at the AltCar expo in Santa Monica this weekend was the automatic battery charger and changer from NuTech Energy Solutions. Since the idea is a new one from ... -
AltCar 2009: Touring the show with the Governator 1254607740
Gov. Schwarzenegger learns about the Chevy Volt - click above for high-res image galleryDuring the opening day of the 2009 AltCar Expo & Conference here in Santa Monica, Governor Schwarzenegger stopped by for a tour of the green vehicles on display. He learned about the Volt from Dave ... -
AltCar 2009: California Fuel Cell Partnership giving out free t-shirts w/winning slogan 1254430860
Readers had a lot of fun with the California Fuel Cell Partnership's t-shirt slogan earlier this year. The winning slogan wasn't one of the snarky options – it's "Ahead of the Pact with a Fuel Cell Stack" – and now the CaFCP is ready to start getting the word out about hydrogen via ... -
Austin Alt Car: Future Prospects for Plug-in Hybrids 1225141800
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 Hybrids" and the participants acknowledged that their presentations were treading over some of the same ...
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Austin Alt Car: obscene amount of information on the smart grid and plug-in vehicles 1224972480
Gridpoint's Steve HauserThe 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 weekend served as a crash course in the state of the PHEV industry. Throughout ... -
Austin Alt Car: Austin Energy ends Plug-in Partners, unveils new smart charging software 1224345360
L to R: Duncan, Kaplan, Doggett.The one press announcement at this weekend's Alt Car Expo in Austin, Texas had to do with the efforts of the local utility, Austin Energy. Austin Energy is hosting this Expo, and used it to mark the end of the Plug-in Partners campaign. Wait, using an alt car show ...
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