Plug In America advocates the use of plug-in vehicles
powered by cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity to reduce our nation's dependence on petroleum
and improve the global environment.
"Plug In America has been the clearest and loudest voice demanding electric vehicle technology, and the most effective grassroots advocacy organization for EVs." -Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times columnist
Demand Electric Cars Today!
With gas at $4-per-gallon or more, Plug In America is urging Americans to call automakers and demand electric cars.Click here for a list of auto company 800-numbers and instructions.
Read Plug In America's latest press release | pdf version
Last week Google.org and the Brookings Institution hosted a two-day conference in Washington to showcase plug-in electric vehicles and examine how the government can support their widespread adoption. An impressive lineup of Members of Congress, auto and utility executives, and technology experts spoke to a packed house about the potential of plug-ins to reduce oil dependence, lower the cost of driving, and fight global warming. Between panels, participants were treated to a display of the latest plug-in cars, including one of Google.org's RechargeIT cars, an electric sportscar, and Detroit's answer to high gas prices.
For complete video coverage, Stefano has a page devoted to the event, which includes viewable webcasts from the two days of the conference, and much more info.
Finally, don't miss conference recap podcasts by Paul and Chelsea.
"With gas prices at record highs and enthusiasm for the promise of electric cars growing, the feeling in Washington [is] that plug-ins' time has come."-Michael Terrell, Google.org Program Manager, Google Blog
"Auto makers, electric utilities, battery makers and advocates all found themselves under one roof, and all said it is a matter of when not if."-Marc Geller, Plugs and Cars Blog
Plug In America’s Campaign to Save the Electric Car
In late March, state regulators tried to kill the electric car again, slashing by 70 percent the number of EVs automakers must sell in the coming years. But Plug In America won key victories in our California Air Resources Board (CARB) campaign and we've already broadened our reach by calling on legislators and other governmental agencies to take over the charge of a pollution-free future. Furthermore, our campaign motivated consumers from all 50 states and 20 countries to contact CARB and Gov. Schwarzenegger, letting them know that demand for clean cars stretches from coast to coast and as far away as Singapore. And, news of our efforts was carried around the world by the Associated Press, Reuters, United Press International and other media.
1) Urge the California Air Resource Board (CARB) to bring plug-in vehicles to the road and to return to a strong Zero Emissions Mandate for Automakers. Get details here
2) Order a Who Killed the Electric Car? DVD from the website and then hold a screening at your home for family and friends. We can provide talking points for discussion. Order here
3) Write a short Letter to the Editor of your local newspaper about the benefits of plug-in cars and your support of automotive battery technology.
4) Visit your local dealership and ask that the automaker produce plug-in cars, trucks and SUVs. Encourage your friends to do the same. Automaker contacts
5) Don't buy a new vehicle until you can purchase a plug-in hybrid or full-battery electric vehicle that meets your needs and your budget. Tell automakers NO PLUG: NO DEAL
Ask Automakers to build plug-in vehicles
Sign the Plug-In Partners national petition for plug-in hybrids
Take the PLUG-IN PLEDGE and tell automakers you won't buy another car until you can plug it in and drive on electric only for at least 20 miles per charge.
Plug In America Awards Grants to Student Teams to Support Formula Hybrid Competition
PIA has awarded grants of $12,500 each to student teams at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and UC Irvine to design, build and race plug-in hybrid cars in the Formula Hybrid International Competition, May 5-7, 2008 in Loudon, NH. The funding for the grants, intended to encourage engineering innovation among California college and university students, is from the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Read Press Release | Formula Hybrid website | more images
Aren't electric cars just trading a tailpipe for a smokestack? FACT: Electric cars are cleaner than even the cleanest hybrid car.
"Well-to-wheels, even on today's relatively dirty U.S. electrical grid, there are significantly fewer pollutants and greenhouse gases produced to power a plug-in vehicle compared with a gasoline-powered car." Learn more facts
What People Are Saying About Plug-In's
GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz "what started out as a fuel cell project is now an electric vehicle project." (AutoWeek November 2006)
GM CEO Rick Wagonerhis worst decision was "Axing the EV1 electric-car program and not putting the right resources into hybrids." (Motor Trend, June 2006)
Former CIA Director, James Woolsey"A plug-in hybrid is an electric car with an insurance policy - a gas engine." Read more
Still filling up with gas? Ever wondered why? Now it's a film available on DVD!
Today's batteries can take EVs 300 miles on a single charge.
Battery Electric Vehicles (EVs) are by far the most efficient vehicles in the world and use 3-4 times LESS energy than hydrogen fuel cell cars.
Enough excess generating capacity exists at night in the U.S. to charge 180 million EVs without adding any new capacity (no new coal or nuclear power plants). Source US. Department of Energy.
We will never fight a war over electricity.
EVs powered by the US electrical grid are cleaner than gas, E85, biodiesel & fuel cells.
Half of EV owners surveyed use solar energy to power their houses and cars.
EVs by the millions could be built today.
Plug-in cars capable of 50 miles per day would meet the needs of 80% of the American driving public.Source: U.S. Department of Transportation.
Join this 3-day international conference that showcases technology, market research, and policies shaping the future of plug-in hybrids. Visit conference website
·Chelsea Sexton, Co-Founder of Plug In America ·Chris Paine, Director of "Who Killed the Electric Car?" ·Sherry Boschert, Author of "Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America"
Still filling up with gas? Ever wondered why? Now it's a film available on DVD!
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