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The links and listings are provided for information purposes only. The following lists are not exhaustive or fully comprehensive, but we have tried to include a representative list of resources for each category. Plug In America makes no representations as to the workmanship, creditworthiness, or any other attributes of the companies listed or of their products or services.
About Electric Cars & Plug-In
Hybrids
California Cars Initiative, promoting 100 MPG cars
www.calcars.org
Electric Auto Association electricauto.org
& www.eaa-phev.org
Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Development Consortium
www.hybridconsortium.org
Neighborhood electric vehicle user group
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/NEVs/
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
www.pluginamerica.com/faq.shtml
Plug In Partners, demonstrating demand for Plug-In Hybrids
www.pluginpartners.org
Set America Free, promoting steps to energy independence
www.setamericafree.org
Allies of Plug In America
California Cars Initiative
www.calcars.org
Co-op America
www.coopamerica.org
U.S.
Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez, California 39th district
support |
official website
Electric Auto Association www.eaaev.org
& www.eaa-phev.org
Rainforest Action Network www.ran.org
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter
www.Angeles.SierraClub.org
Our Addiction to Oil
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
www.iags.org
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
www.ipcc.ch
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge facts
www.nrdc.org/land/wilderness/arcticrefuge/factsheets.asp
Post Carbon Institute, how to live after oil & gas
www.postcarbon.org
Peak Oil, as described by Oil Industry Experts
www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches
Discussions about energy and our future
http://www.theoildrum.com
Alternative Fuels & Flex-Fuel
Department of Energy, Alternative Fuel Data Center
www.eere.energy.gov/afdc
National Biodiesel Board www.biodiesel.org
Home of Willie Nelson's Farm Fresh Biodiesel
www.wnbiodiesel.com
Electric Car
Companies
AC Propulsion, innovator of electric cars & drive systems
www.acpropulsion.com
Commuter Cars Corp, maker of the Tango
www.commutercars.com
Neighborhood electric car directory
www.nevportal.com
Myers Motors, makers of the 3-wheel "NmG"
www.myersmotors.com
Reva, maker of all-electric �G-Wiz� metro car
www.revaindia.com
Tesla Motors, maker of high performance roadster
www.teslamotors.com
Think Nordic, maker of all-electric cars
www.think.no
Valence Technology - advanced Li-Ion batteries
www.valence.com/
Venturi, maker of the all-electric Fetish sports car
Used EVs for Sale
www.EVFinder.com
Electric Car and Plug-in Hybrid Equipment
EDrive Systems, developer of leading plug-in hybrid systems
www.edrivesystems.com
Electric Vehicles of America, New Hampshire, suppliers of EV parts
www.ev-america.com
Energy CS - plug-in hybrid engineering group
www.energycs.com
Hymotion, aftermarket plug-in hybrid conversions
www.hymotion.com/index.htm
Metric Mind Engineering, suppliers of EV systems
www.metricmind.com
Electric Car Conversion Services
To find a reliable, conveniently-located mechanic for all-electric drive
conversions, please try the resources at the Electric Auto Association
www.eaaev.org
News Sources for Electric
Cars
EV World online magazine www.evworld.com
Green Car Congress
www.greencarcongress.com
Megawatt Motorworks www.megawattmotorworks.com
Electrifying Times www.electrifyingtimes.com
EVCast: The Podcast for Information on Electric Cars
Education and History of Electric Cars
EV driver community group
www.evchargernews.com
Interactive resource for locating public EV chargers (not compatible with
Windows IE) www.chargerfinder.com
Web resource for locating public EV chargers
http://www.cleancarmaps.com/
Electric car owner�s educational site www.EVnut.com
Group successfully rallied to keep Ford Ranger EV's on the road
www.pluginamerica.com/rangerev
A personal site, dedicated to the EV1 campaign
www.ev1.org
EV1 Club Home page
http://ev1-club.power.net
Original GM web site (circa Gen II model)
www.evchargernews.com
Owner's experience driving a RA4 EV
www.prossen.com/ev
RAV4 EV original TV ad
www.a52.com
Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars
www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm
Advocates of the Th!nk City Electric car
www.thinkelectric.org
Documentary about electric cars, hybrids, hydrogen and
the future of transportation.
"Who Killed the Electric
Car?"
English Campaign for battery electric vehicles
www.cbev.org
EV owners' difficulty in buying electric vehicles:
"RAV4 Marketing
Whitepaper"
Down-to-earth facts and feelings about electric cars:
www.electric-cars-are-for-girls.com
Alternative
Transportation
Carpool Connect, search database to find carpools
www.carpoolconnect.com/
Commuter Choice, national network of ridesharing
www.commuterchoice.com
eRideShare, connecting people who want to carpool
www.erideshare.com/
Citizens for Rideable Communities
www.rideablecommunities.org
Take Action
Declare Freedom from Oil
www.freedomfromoil.org
Help Ford to improve fleet fuel economy
www.jumpstartford.com
Contact the Automakers - tell them how you feel
www.pluginamerica.com/contact_automakers.shtml
Sign petition asking automakers for Plug-in Hybrids
www.pluginpartners.org/whatYouCanDo/onlinePetition.cfm
Join more than 300,000 who say "Stop Global Warming!"
Sign the petition
Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
www.sierraclub.org/arctic/
American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards.
Sign the petition
Call for better fleet economy standards
www.ucsaction.org/
Exposing Oil Industry financing of deceptive PR
campaign in California
www.stophiddengastaxes.com
Support great ads to educate about global warming
environmentaldefense.org
Submit to the Suggestion Box to create a future for US Automakers
www.lookoutamerica.org
Make responsible buying choices through Co-op America
www.coopamerica.org
UK based Campaign for Battery Electric Vehicles
www.cbev.org
Blogs
New Energy News, renewable energy news
www.newenergynews.blogspot.com
Plugs And Cars, about plug-in vehicles
www.plugsandcars.blogspot.com
RechargeIT Blog, "Recharge a Car, Recharge the Grid, Recharge the Planet"
http://rechargeit.blogspot.com/
Recommended Reading
EVolution of Electric Cars & Plug-Ins
"The Cars That Will Recharge America" by Sherry Boschert -
author's website
"Car That Could: The Inside Story of GM's Revolutionary Electric Vehicle"
by Michael
Shnayerson, 1996
"Convert It: A step-by-step manual for converting an internal combustion vehicle
to electric power", by Michael P. Brown and Shari Prange, 1993
"The Electric and Hybrid Electric Car", by Michael H. Westbrook, 2001
"Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools",
published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005
"History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H.
Wakefield, 1998
"Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle
Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition
"Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S. Deffeyes, 2005
"The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell
"Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C. Ruppert
"The End of Oil", by Paul Roberts
"High and Mighty: The dangerous rise of the SUV", by Keith Bradsher, 2002
"High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis", by Julian Darley
"The Hype about Hydrogen", by Joseph J. Romm, 2004
"Out of Gas, The End of the Age of Oil", by David Goodstein, 2004
"Hubbert�s Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage", by Kenneth S. Deffeyes
"The Party�s Over", by Richard Heinberg
"Power Down: Options and actions for a post-carbon world", by Richard Heinberg,
2004
"The Solar Economy", by Herman Scheer
"Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Oil Shock", by Matt Simmons