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Toyota out of the Chamber of Commerce? Plug in America calls out the troops

The Yes Men were in the news recently for a hoax that put the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's lame position on climate change under the spotlight. This week, Move On and Plug In America are pushing an online campaign to get Toyota to stop funding the Chamber's anti-climate lobbying. The campaign resulted in a large gallery on Flickr that shows Toyota customers calling on the automaker "to stop opposing clean energy" and asks people to write letters to the editor. Plug In America president Dan Davids said in a statement that: Toyota has already ... Read more →

Plug In America's 2nd annual benefit features lots of vehicles, internet auction Domenick Yoney

Those who value the role played by Plug In America (PIA) in lobbying and promoting a future full of plug-in vehicles will have the opportunity to spend some time with the people behind the effort ...

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 ...

Plug-In America launches plug-in vehicle tracker Domenick Yoney

Over the past few years, there has been such a flood of announcements about new and sundry plug-in vehicle concepts and production plans that keeping tabs on them all has become quite a confusing ...

$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 ...

Oh, if only the beautiful FCX Clarity came with a plug 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

The LA Times' Dan Neil loves electric cars. He also loves just how beautiful the Honda FCX Clarity is. What he doesn't like is that the Clarity uses a hydrogen fuel cell. Plug In America's Paul Scott, writing as an individual, not on behalf of PIA, I hasten to add, says that Neil's recent ...

Video of Plug In America's Inaugural Parade West - with 70 electric cars 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 video for you to check out. The video includes scenes from inside the parade cars, shots of EVs ...

Al Gore's group pushes for plug in vehicles in new Repower America ad 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

A Prius or three, a Tesla Roadster, and at least two RAV4 EVs. Those are the cars starring in a new commercial from Al Gore's "Re-power America" campaign (a project of The Alliance for Climate Protection). This ad, totally pro plug-in vehicle and renewable energy, started running on TV stations ...

Plug In America's Inaugural Parade West: 74 plug-in vehicles, lots of pictures 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

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, California over the weekend. Plug In America organized the event and sent us these pictures of the vehicles ...

Almost 70 plug-in vehicles will take part in Inaugural Parade West 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Plug In America first announced their "Inaugural Parade West: Plug In, America!" that's taking place in Santa Monica this weekend, they were hoping about 30 vehicles would take part. They underestimated interest. An update PIA sent out this week says that 68 vehicles are now confirmed to roll ...

Plug In America will host West Coast Inauguration parade with 30+ EVs 10 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 11 months 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 ...

What's the most obvious question to ask about the new Chevy Volt? Plug-in America's Paul Scott knows 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Our readers are thankfully not being shy with their views and opinions on the new Chevy Volt. While the free-for-all is taking place in the comments on various parts of the site, AutoblogGreen is also hearing from a few professionals in the green car world on GM's plug-in hybrid. This morning we ...

Alt Car Expo: Q&A with Plug-In America's Paul Scott 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I heard there were an estimated 7,000 people at the Santa Monica Alt Car Expo on Saturday. That's a lot of people to chat up, but Paul Scott, the founding member of dontcrush.com and a driving force behind Plug-In America was still going strong in the afternoon. That's when I stopped by his booth ...


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