Who was for, who was against CARB's ZEV mandate "over-compliance" rule
Autoblog (blog)
Plug In America, too, remains against the over-compliance rule. PIA's legislative director, Jay Friedland, told AutoblogGreen: While the Advanced Clean Cars ruling by CARB is a significant milestone in getting to more plug-in cars, Plug In America is ...

Short Description:  It's getting tiresome reading all these hit jobs on renewable energy and electric vehicles. First Solyndra, and now Ener1. In any emerging industry, there will be winners and losers, but the goal is still achieved in the end, a clean, domestic, renewable energy industry powering domestically produced electric vehicles. This goal is imperative given that relying on the status quo is economic and environmental suicide.

It's getting tiresome reading all these hit jobs on renewable energy and electric vehicles. First Solyndra, and now Ener1. In any emerging industry, there will be winners and losers, but the goal is still achieved in the end, a clean, domestic, renewable energy industry powering domestically produced electric vehicles. This goal is imperative given that relying on the status quo is economic and environmental suicide.

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California will see many more vehicles with zero emissions thanks to new law
Daily auto news
Related to this aspect, Plug-In America expressed disappointment that a vote to raise the GHG Overcompliance provision from 2 to 5 g/mile was not allowed. Jay Friedland, Plug-In America's legislative director, was especially vocal against this and ...

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New California rules require cleaner cars
PhysOrg.com
Jay Friedland, legislative director of Plug In America, called it "a loophole you can drive a truck through" that will undermine the 2025 goal of having ultra-clean cars make up 15 percent of the new vehicles sold in the state. A zero-emission mandate ...

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Plug In America: California Created Giant Loophole in New Electric Car Rule
PluginCars.com
By Brad Berman · January 30, 2012 Plug In America says CARB chairwoman Mary Nichols would not allow discussion of a loophole in its new zero-emissions rules. Many environmentalists and electric car fans cheered last week when California adopted new ...
California Creates Electric Car LoopholeEV World

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New York Times (blog)
California orders hike in number of super clean cars
Los Angeles Times
Jay Friedland, legislative director of Plug In America, called it "a loophole you can drive a truck through" that will undermine the 2025 goal of having ultra-clean cars make up 15% of the new vehicles sold in the state. A zero-emission mandate is not ...
California Board Votes Unanimously to Toughen Zero-Emission Vehicle MandateNew York Times (blog)
CA Passes Landmark Law Requiring Many More Zero-Emission VehiclesBusiness Insider

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CARB's latest ZEV revision could add 1.4m more green cars, create a big loophole
Autoblog (blog)
Plug In America is calling on its members to oppose a portion of the proposal that could actually reduce the number of ZEVs on the roads in the future. Comparatively, anyway. In a letter to the DOE and EPA, CARB Chair Mary Nichols wrote: California ...

CARB's new ZEV mandate revision could add 1.4m more advanced green cars, while ...
Autoblog (blog)
Plug In America is calling on its members to oppose a portion of the proposal that could actually reduce the number of ZEVs on the roads in the future. Comparatively, anyway. In a letter to the DOE and EPA, CARB Chair Mary Nichols wrote: California ...

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At 18, Ivan Kumamoto is already a dedicated EV activist. As co-president of OYEA (Organization of Young Environmental Activists), he works to educate the public in his corner of Texas on the benefits of EVs. In this podcast, Ivan describes some of their EVents.

Thumbnail Image:  Short Description:  As a young EV activist, I am often asked why I don't drive a plug-in vehicle myself. While EVs are an extremely popular topic among people in my age group, few of us drive them. It may seem hypocritical of us, but there are several reasons why EVs haven't penetrated our market...yet.

Me and My Parents' Plug-InsAs a young EV activist, I am often asked why I don't drive a plug-in vehicle myself. While EVs are an extremely popular topic among people in my age group, few of us drive them. It may seem hypocritical of us, but there are several reasons why EVs haven't penetrated our market...yet.

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Thumbnail Image:  Short Description:  CARB Board Chair Mary Nichols negotiated a special deal which would dramatically weaken the California ZEV program allowing automakers that ‘overcomply’ with the new Federal GHG standards to get away with producing fewer EVs. This sweetheart deal allows an automaker to cut the number of pure electric-drive vehicles by as much as 50% over the 2018 to 2021 timeframe.

CARB Board Chair Mary Nichols negotiated a special deal which would dramatically weaken the California ZEV program allowing automakers that ‘overcomply’ with the new Federal GHG standards so they get away with producing less EVs. This sweetheart deal allows an automaker to cut the number of pure electric-drive vehicles by as much as 50% over the 2018 to 2021 timeframe in exchange for just 2 g/ mile GHG overcompliance during that time. This is a bad deal for California and for the United States!

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Preaching to the Choir About 'Climate Crisis'
Patch.com
Many local leaders of the environmental movement also on hand included Environmental Priorities Network founder Lillian Light, who hosted the event; Plug-In America's Dency Nelson and Hermosa Beach School Board member Ray Waters (both drove their ...

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Preaching to the Choir About 'Climate Crisis'
Patch.com
Many local leaders of the environmental movement also on hand included Environmental Priorities Network founder Lillian Light, who hosted the event; Plug-In America's Dency Nelson and Hermosa Beach School Board member Ray Waters (both drove their ...

How to Be An EVangelist
EV World
Electric car advocacy group Plug In America spent an hour this week on the Internet telling 91 true believers how to spread the message of the kilowatt to those who still believed internal combustion was the only way to go. “People need to be convinced ...

How to be an EV Evangelist
AutoWeek
Plug In America spent an hour this week on the web explaining EVs. Shown is the Fisker Surf. It was called a webinar but it seemed more like EV evangelism to us. Electric car advocacy group Plug In America spent an hour this week on the Internet ...

Chevy Modifies Volt to Improve Emissions, Boost Sales
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Jay Friedland, legislative director for Plug In America, an electric-car advocacy group in San Francisco, said a car-pool lane sticker is worth between $4000 and $5000, based on comparisons of resale value of Prius models with and without the stickers.

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Electric Motor Werks Visits Yahoo and Genentech with Successful Electric ...
PR.com (press release)
... support, and advocacy group that promotes electric vehicles (http://www.ggeva.org/GGEVA/About.html) About 40 people showed up for a Saturday event, including influential local EV proponents (executives from national organization Plug-in America, ...

Wall Street Journal
A Jolt for GM's Volt? Car-Pool Access
Wall Street Journal
Jay Friedland, legislative director for Plug In America, an electric-car advocacy group in San Francisco, said a car-pool lane sticker is worth between $4000 and $5000, based on comparisons of resale value of Prius models with and without the stickers. ...

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ICO: First Sale of Privately Owned Electric Charging Station in the Country
CoStar Group
Though few drivers have reportedly tried out the station's energy chargers, which industry advocacy group Plug-In America estimates could cost anywhere from $1 to $4 depending on the type of car, revenue of the hybrid and electric vehicle manufacturing ...

Thumbnail Image:  Short Description:  Our Nissan Leaf is the most comfortable car we've ever owned. In addition to the obvious electric vehicle advantages, the Leaf is a great car.

In September, we finally got our Nissan Leaf. We had signed up very early in the process, and could have had a Leaf in the spring of 2011, but we decided to put our order on hold until they offered the cold weather package. It was worth the wait!

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