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FACTOIDS!
ELECTRICAL VEHICLES EMIT NO TOXIC
EMISSIONS.
Have you ever noticed that electric vehicles have
no exhaust pipe? Think about it. No exhaust, no need for an
exhaust pipe! And keep in mind that electricity is relatively
inexpensive in comparison to Unleaded or Diesel fuel. We are
evaluating the electric vehicles in different capacities -- you
can see some of them at work at the beach and at the promenade.
We have received funding for our leased electric vehicle program
and are working on getting more. |
Gem Car:
Battery-operated Global Electric Motorcars are the clean,
green transportation alternative.
 More>
http://www.gemcar.com/
Hummer H3: The
HUMMER™ H3™ is the first proportionally correct and only Licensed custom
Estate/Golf Car styled after the H3™
More>
http://californiaroadster.com/hummer_features.html
Zenn Motor Company:
Feel
Good Cars, Toronto, Canada, is a leading developer, manufacturer and
supplier of electric vehicles. Driven by quality, ingenuity and the goal
of
More> http://www.zenncars.com/
Zap
World: ZAP,
as a manufacturing and distribution company, represents a brand as well
as an entire movement in advanced technology vehicles
Dynasty :
Dynasty Electric Car
Corporation designs, manufactures and markets zero emission, electric
Low Speed Vehicles (LSV's)
More> http://www.itiselectric.com/index.asp
MilesZX40 :
At Miles Automotive Group, we push the
limits of technology to create a vehicle for those who care about
today...
Tesla Motors: ... makers of the Tesla
Roadster, the high-performance electric sports car. ...
Range explained: Our Vehicle System Engineer takes you behind the
scenes of ...
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Neighborhood Electric Vehicle user group:
This group is for those who own or are considering owning low speed
Neighborhood Electric Vehicles
California Cars Initiative, promoting 100 MPG cars:
CalCars
is a non-profit startup formed by entrepreneurs, engineers,
environmentalists and consumers.
Electric Auto Association:
Find out more about
Electric Vehicles (EVs) by using the
information
on these pages
Plug
in America:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Plug In Partners: Plug-In Partners is a national grass-roots
initiative to demonstrate to automakers that a market for flexible-fuel
Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV) exists today.
Set America
Free:
promoting steps to energy independence "A
COALITION of tree huggers, do-gooders, sodbusters, cheap hawks, and
evangelicals."
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California Cars Initiative
www.calcars.org
Co-op America
www.coopamerica.org
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
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
http://www.venturifetish.fr/?lang=en
Wrightspeed, building extreme performance electric supercars
www.wrightspeed.com
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
Ampmobile Conversions, South Carolina
www.ampmobiles.com
News Sources for
Electric Cars
Electrifying Times
www.electrifyingtimes.com
EV World online magazine
www.evworld.com
Green Car Congress
www.greencarcongress.com
Megawatt Motorworks
www.megawattmotorworks.com
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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
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
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