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GM's Volt line director, Tony Posawatz, becomes new EDTA co-chairman

Remember how we were all excited when the picture above first appeared? It was our first official (if leaked) look at the production version of the Chevy Volt, and I bet a lot of people were saying to themselves, "Man, if that dude in the picture would just get out of the frakking way, we'd be able to see the car more." Well, that guy there is Tony Posawatz, the vehicle line director for the Chevy Volt, and he was just named co-chairman of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). Posawatz replaces Honda's Ed Cohen, who was ... Read more →

EDTA 2008: Prototype Toyota plug-in Prius is locked, darn it Sebastian Blanco

At the EDTA Conference this week in DC, a nicely-decorated plug-in Prius sat in the Toyota booth. As you can see in this picture, the prototype was locked and this was duly noted in stickers on ...

EDTA 2008: Dueco Hybrid Power truck Sebastian Blanco

For big jobs, only a big hybrid will do. This is where the Dueco/Odyne plug-in hybrid (PHEV) trucks come in. These heavy duty vehicles can save 5-10 gallons of fuel a day, according to Dueco, and ...

EDTA 2008: GM shows off EcoCar Saturn Vue Sebastian Blanco

Last year, at the end of the Challenge X, GM announced the EcoCar competition for engineering students at universities in North America to rework a GM vehicle to be better and cleaner. The ...

EDTA 2008: Medium Speed Vehicle Coalition makes the case for 35 mph electric cars Sebastian Blanco

Right now, there are two types of electric passenger cars: low speed half-cars that appeal only to a small subset of drivers (see: Miles EV's current lineup, E-Z-Go golf carts, etc.) and highway ...

EDTA: government support for plug-in vehicles growing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

With a plug-in hybrid credit valued up to $7,500 now on the books (get more details here), the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) is looking past next week's big presidential election and trying to gauge the political landscape. EDTA president Brian Wynne sent out an email to EDTA ...

Auto industry responses to the bailout bill; what do you think? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

When the U.S. Congress passed H.R. 1424 and President Bush signed it into law today, not everyone was paying attention to the part about plug-in vehicles. Sure, this got a little play - and green car sites like ours were on it - but what's a few $7,500 tax credits in a $700 billion bill? Still, ...

EDTA prez talks to the Senate about electric cars next week 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Part of the Electric Drive Transportation Association's (EDTA) reason for being is to convince lawmakers to support electric-drive vehicles. That's what those May radio spots were about and that's what EDTA president Brian Wynne will be doing next week when he testifies before the Senate Energy and ...

EDTA's radio spots, congressional hearing driving towards electrics 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In April, the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) started targeting 580,000 movers and shakers in the Washington, D.C. area who listen to WTOP, 103.5 FM with a series of ads called "The Electric Drive." You can now listen to the EDTA's ads online to see how this major partnership is ...

EDTA to launch "The Electric Drive" radio campaign 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Starting this month, the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) will begin running a series of radio ads called "The Electric Drive" on the Washington, D.C. station WTOP, 103.5 FM. The station will also host a website that describes what the EDTA is and what electric drive vehicles are. ...

EDTA responds to USA Today article that pooh-poohed plug-in vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Many of you were critical of USA Today for publishing an article recently about a study on the relative cleanliness of plug-in vehicles. Those of you who joined the criticism have something in common with the Electric Drive Transportation Association, which has sent a letter to USA Today's editor ...

EVS23: A few late thoughts and an interview with Brian Wynne 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

As I was cleaning out my digital files and getting ready for the Detroit Auto Show that starts for us media folks this weekend, I noticed I have a few EVS23 items left to process and post. I'll try to the them all up before NAIAS overwhelms us, but the one I have for you now is an interview I did ...

EDTA gets four new members 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Earlier this month the British company Smith Electric Vehicles announced it will bring its electric trucks to the U.S. A message out from the Electric Drive Transportation Association (a trade group) yesterday shows that Smith is serious about its American presence. Smith is one of four new EDTA ...

EDTA president says plug-in bill failure had nothing to do with PHEV technology 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As I mentioned earlier today, the FREEDOM Act language regarding tax incentives for Americans looking to convert their hybrids to plug-in versions was stripped out of the energy bill that ended up passing in the U.S. Senate. Toyota made their claim for why PHEVs are a bad idea, and in my inbox today ...

Altair Nanotechnologies, American Electric Power join EDTA 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Altair Nanotechnologies and American Electric Power have joined the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA). The EDTA promotes electric drive (which means hybrids, battery electrics, and fuel cell) vehicles, and members of the association meet each year to promote their work. Last year, ...

EDTA on electric drive advocacy, "answers to U.S. oil addiction" 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Electric Drive Transportation Association doesn't only promote vehicles that run purely on electric power. The EDTA likes vehicles that use even a little bit of electric power, combined perhaps with hydrogen, liquid fuel (hybrids) or something else. In a new advocacy piece out this week, ...

Miles Automotive, Segway and ZENN join EDTA 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) grew a little bit larger this week with the inclusion of Miles Automotive Group, Segway, Inc., and the ZENN Motor Company. All of these companies – and the EDTA itself – should be familiar to AutoblogGreen readers and apparently ...

EDTA calling for papers for EVS 23: The Future of Transportation 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

AutoblogGreen gave a lot of digital ink to the last Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) conference, held in late November in Washington, D.C. In preparation for the major EDTA conference EVS 23 – which will be held in Anaheim, CA this coming December under the theme ...

EDTA Conference: Miles Automotive chairman previews 2007 LA Auto Show 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The chairman and owner of Miles Automotive, Miles Rubin, gave a presentation at the EDTA Conference that was refreshing because it wasn't a PowerPoint slideshow. I admit those slides are a great way to show graphs and charts to a large audience, but they're also pretty boring. When Rubin got up to ...

EDTA Conference: Government solutions for electric drive vehicles 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Understanding the confluence of the electric drive industry and the U.S. government is at the heart of the EDTA Conference this week. During a working session on Wednesday, a half dozen speakers dissected ways governments of various jurisdictions (city, state and federal) can and do support ...

EDTA Conference 2006: Ride and Drive photos 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Almost right on the steps of the Capitol building in Washington D.C. this morning, a small collection of electric vehicles sat attracting attention. A Honda FCX, a GEM, a new ZENN, GM's HydroGen-3, Hyundai's Tuscon FCEV and a few others. Joggers stopped to ask what the ranges of the fuel cell ...


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