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Plug In America calls on CARB to put H₂ funds into plug-in vehicles

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is working on revising its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Program for 2015 and beyond. During a meeting last Thursday, members of advocacy group Plug In America delivered testimony at CARB's hearing and asked the regulatory agency to shift its focus from hydrogen vehicles to plug-in electric cars. Specifically, according to PIA's new blog "In the Driver's Seat Plug," (in an entry written by former ABG blogger Marc Geller), PIA president Dan Davids said CARB had made good achievements in the past, "but ... Read more →

Plug In America criticizes CARB loophole that could help BMW with its MINI E Sebastian Blanco

BMW has gotten a lot of press (some bad) for their MINI E project. Even though the all-electric car comes with a plug, the plug-in advocacy group Plug In America (PIA) has a problem with the way ...

$2 billion? Nah, more like $12.5 billion for plug-in cars in the stimulus bill Sebastian Blanco

When the big stimulus bill was passed this week, the number that rose to the forefront was a $2 billion investment for plug in vehicles. But, if you add in all the additional plug-in help for things ...

Video of Plug In America's Inaugural Parade West - with 70 electric cars Sebastian Blanco

We've already learned a lot about the sweet electric car parade that cruised through Santa Monica two weekends ago, but if all those pictures were not enough for you, we've got a solid 38-minute ...

Plug In America's Inaugural Parade West: 74 plug-in vehicles, lots of pictures Sebastian Blanco

With today's inauguration of President Obama now in the history books, here's how over seventy electric vehicles were used to celebrate the event with a short parade through Santa Monica, ...

Plug In America will host West Coast Inauguration parade with 30+ EVs 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

Many of the people in Plug in America were excited by Barack Obama's win in the US presidential election. So excited, in fact, that they applied to be part of the Presidential Inaugural Parade that will take place later this month. Well, with 1,300 other groups having the same idea, PIA's ...

Plug-in America applies for a spot in Obama's inaugural parade 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

One of America's most vocal plug-in vehicle advocacy groups, Plug In America, wants to march for Obama. According to PIA's Paul Scott, the group has applied for a space in the Presidential Inaugural Parade this coming January in Washington, DC. PIA won't just be walking behind a RAV4 EV and tossing ...

eBay Find of the Day: plug-in Prius with A123 Hymotion kit installed charity auction 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Want a 2009 Prius with a plug? It's available now, to the lucky winner of this auction on eBay. This particular vehicle was modded by the Green Car Company out in Bellevue, Washington and features A123's Hymotion plug-in hybrid kit already installed. That kit doesn't come cheap and this price of ...

Plug In America gives a shout out to Nissan for EV work 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Try to list all of the stories we've had recently about Nissan's work to bring electric cars to the masses. It's hard, because there have been a lot of them, covering the company's efforts in Japan, Israel and the U.S., to name just a few. We're not the only ones who've noticed what Nissan (and ...

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