"Search EV Sites"Links & Resources
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
Electric Auto Association
Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Development Consortium
Neighborhood electric vehicle user group
Plug In America's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Plug In Partners, demonstrating demand for Plug-In Hybrids
Set America Free, promoting steps to energy independence
Allies of Plug In America
California Cars Initiative
Co-op America
U.S. Congresswoman Linda T. Sanchez, California 39th district | support
Electric Auto Association
Rainforest Action Network
Sierra Club Angeles Chapter
Our Addiction to Oil
Institute for the Analysis of Global Security
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge facts
Post Carbon Institute, how to live after oil & gas
Peak Oil, as described by Oil Industry Experts
Discussions about energy and our future
Alternative Fuels & Flex-Fuel
Department of Energy, Alternative Fuel Data Center
National Biodiesel Board
Willie Nelson's Farm Fresh Biodiesel
Electric Car Companies
AC Propulsion, innovator of electric cars & drive systems
Commuter Cars Corp, maker of the Tango
Neighborhood electric car directory
Myers Motors, makers of the 3-wheel "NmG"
Reva, maker of all-electric G-Wiz metro car
Tesla Motors, maker of high performance roadster
Think Nordic, maker of all-electric cars
Venturi, maker of the all-electric Fetish sports car
Wrightspeed, building extreme performance electric supercars
Used EVs
Electric Car and Plug-in Hybrid Equipment
Valence Technology, maker of advanced Li-Ion batteries
EDrive Systems, developer of leading plug-in hybrid systems
Electric Vehicles of America, New Hampshire suppliers of EV parts
Energy CS, plug-in hybrid engineering group
Hymotion, aftermarket plug-in hybrid conversions
Metric Mind Engineering, suppliers of EV systems
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
News Sources for Electric Cars
EV World online magazine
Green Car Congress(http://www.greencarcongress.com/ "")
Megawatt Motorworks(http://www.megawattmotorworks.com/ "")
Electrifying Times(http://www.electrifyingtimes.com/ "")
EVCast, 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