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the use of plug-in cars, trucks and SUVs
powered by cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity
to reduce our nation's dependence on petroleum
and improve the global environment.
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.
courtesy: Mike Adams, www.NaturalNews.com. Click here to see the Spanish translation.
Bring back the electric car reprinted from LA Times Op-Ed article Nov 19, 2007
The state should reverse its mistake of putting its clean-air hopes in hydrogen instead of battery-powered autos.
Californians are being taken for a ride by state clean-air regulators, who are bringing the rest of the country along. Decisions made by the California Air Resources Board early next year will determine whether we get the option of driving zero-emission, non-polluting cars soon, or whether we'll see smoggy business as usual from the car companies for another decade.
Many consumers would love to drive cars that reduce greenhouse gases and our addiction to oil, but the automakers resist. Fortunately, the Air Resources Board has the power to compel them to make the clean cars society needs. Progress through regulation is nothing new: It took laws to get seatbelts, airbags and catalytic converters. It took laws to get average mileage standards up from 12 mpg to 27 mpg. It will take regulations to get clean cars. >> Read full story
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 on 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.
Chevrolet (800) 222-1020
Ford (800) 392-FORD (or 800-392-3673) Ford Motor Company, Customer Relationship Center, PO Box 6248, Dearborn, Michigan 48126
Honda (800) 999-1009
Honda Automobile Customer Service, 1919 Torrance Boulevard, Mail Stop: 500 - 2N - 7D
Torrance, CA 90501-2746
Mercedes-Benz USA(800) FOR-MERCEDES or (1-800-367-6372)
Customer Assistance Center, 3 Paragon Drive, Montvale, N.J. 07645
Mitsubishi (888) MITSU2007 (or 888-648-7820)
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., PO Box 6014, Cypress, CA 90630-0014
Saturn (800) 553-6000 Customer Assistance Center , 100 Saturn Parkway, MD-371-999-S24, Spring Hill, TN 37174
Subaru of America(800) SUBARU3 (or 800-782-2783) | email
Subaru of America, Inc., Subaru Plaza, P.O. Box 6000, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034-6000
Attn: Customer/Dealer Services
Toyota (800) 331-4331 Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. 19001 South Western Ave. Dept. WC11, Torrance, CA 90501
Read more about what you can say to the Automakers
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.
·Chelsea Sexton, Executive Director 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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