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
 
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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:


Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid
Car and Driver
BY MICHAEL AUSTIN While in Japan for the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show, we visited Honda's Twin Ring Motegi racing facility to see some of the company's future products. Among them was a plug-in hybrid system, a prototype of which was installed in a ...

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GM Releases Smart Grid APIs for Chevy Volt, via OnStar
Greentech Media (blog)
On Thursday, General Motors jumped in with a call to developers to to use its plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt as a smart grid asset. GM's OnStar service has opened up the application programming interfaces (APIs) to demand response, time-of-use rates, ...

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Charging stations installed for electric cars
Accent
ACC's Austin campuses are part of Austin Energy's Plug-In EVerywhere Network. The Round Rock stations are part of the ChargePoint America program. Electric Car owners will purchase the electricity from the charging stations via tappable credit cards, ...

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Now's the time for this Texas Longhorns class
Fort Worth Star Telegram
By Jimmy Burch Because this class, by design, figures to have more immediate impact on next season's record than any group Brown has signed in his 15 seasons in Austin. Brown did not go quite that far with his public proclamations Wednesday when ...

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Weis adds competition for juco recruits
Topeka Capital Journal
By Austin Meek When Charlie Weis assessed the landscape at Kansas, he started with the balance of power in his own state. Weis wants to compete with Kansas State, which could mean competing for the natural resource K-State uses to fuel its football ...

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First Look: 2013 Ford Fusion
MotorTrend Magazine
Game On! Ford Attacks the Midsize Segment with EcoBoost, Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Fusions All our car data at your fingertips. Just select a category and a car from the right. By Todd Lassa We've heard this one before. Every builder of a midsize sedan ...

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2012 Nissan Leaf best electric car choice for Austin
Examiner.com
We drive tested the SL this week around Austin and give it high to very high marks as a solid performing 5 passenger for the urban and suburban market consumer. First of all, the Leaf is quiet as you would expect, but there is road sound around you ...

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Own a gas appliance? Remember these safety tips
Austin 360
The early-morning explosion that rocked North Austin earlier this month, resulting in the death of one man and critical injuries to another, along with an estimated $270000 in damages to a pair of homes, might have you thinking about natural gas safety ...


ACC campus has car charging stations
Austin News
For the Plug-In EVerywhere stations, Austin Energy also offers a $25 six-month subscription swipe card for unlimited charging at any network location. The spots also are available for use by ACC students and employees participating in the Green Car ...


Going solo gives Craig Finn's music more intimate feel
Omaha World-Herald
To plug in with some other people and see if I could get somewhere with them. Q. And you have never worked with this band before? A. They were people I hadn't met before. I remember the night before I left, I was really scared.

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