AustinEV - EV Info - Plug-In Hybrids

A Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is a gas-optional vehicle that offers a viable alternative to petroleum dependant transportation. The City of Austin, TX has announced an effort to encourage car producers to offer this product to consumers.

as our friends in the Oregon EAA are fond of saying
Its not electric if you can't PLUG IT IN!

Plug-In Austin: Building a Market for Gas-Optional Hybrids: Sign the Petition!; Austin Energy's PHEV Resource Center
-- in the news ---
KUT:: Mayor Promotes Plug-in Hybrid Cars
Michael May
KXAN:: Promoting Hybrid Cars
Click on the video, promoting hybrid cars.
CBS Evening News:: Bill Whitaker - Hybrids Getting Amped Up
From CBS Evening News Saturday 20 August 2005
News 8 Austin:: City pushes for plug-in hybrid vehicles
8/22/2005 5:21 PM
By: Jennifer Bordelon
click on PUSH FOR PLUG INs Video button

The pulse of the net:

Corrected Release: AFS Trinity's 150 MPG Extreme Hybrid SUV Starts ...
FOXBusiness - Apr 9, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The 150 MPG Extreme Hybrid SUV, the XH-150 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle introduced in January by ...

AISD considers adding propane-powered buses
CBS 42, TX - May 7, 2008
Right now AISD is testing a plug-in hybrid bus, but it is assessing whether to get on board with propane. "We always look for the newer technologies and how ...

Company showcases innovative plug-in car prototype
UT The Daily Texan, TX - Apr 14, 2008
The city of Austin started a national campaign, Plug-In Partners, to promote plug-in hybrid vehicles. This program has been adopted by the mayors of more ...

City officials test drive plug-in 'car of the future'
KXAN-TV, TX - Apr 11, 2008
The XH-150, a 150 mpg SUV plug-in hybrid stopped in Austin Friday for a ceremony during its cross-country tour. The tour ends at the National Mall in ...
Is this the car of the future? Texas Cable News
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United States Congressmen and Senators Take Earth Day Drives in ...
Earthtimes, UK - Apr 22, 2008
The Congressional ride and drive demonstrations of the XH-150 plug-in hybrid (PHEV) are part of Earth Day observances in Washington, DC The SUVs were ...

Companies to watch: Electric power producers and efficiency
CNET News.com, CA - Apr 21, 2008
PG&E is at the forefront of technology adoption in renewable energy and plug-in hybrid programs. California has perhaps the most stringent set of mandates ...

The Color Green Coming To Your Shop
Tire Review, OH - Apr 29, 2008
... hydrogen-powered cars, small cars, diesel vehicles, plug-in hybrid cars and electric vehicles ? hybrids are quite practical and widely available now. ...

It doesn't actually take a genius to notice the sun, does it?
Huffington Post, NY - Apr 24, 2008
maybe someone will notice all the plug-in hybrid talk those Google boys have been doing of late and put two and two together ("solar electricity...electric ...

Letter from the Chairman & CEO
RenewableEnergyWorld.com, NH - Apr 30, 2008
The first application will be to demonstrate that a plug-in hybrid car can be modified so that it no longer needs to plug-in. ...

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