Green Options » plan http://greenoptions.com/tag/plan Posts tagged 'plan' Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:39:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Chrysler Goes Public With Dodge’s Future: Electric Cars Missing http://gas2.org/2009/11/05/chrysler-goes-public-with-dodge-future-electric-cars-missing/ http://gas2.org/2009/11/05/chrysler-goes-public-with-dodge-future-electric-cars-missing/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:39:59 +0000 Jo Borras http://gas2.org/2009/11/05/chrysler-goes-public-with-dodge-future-electric-cars-missing/ Dodge EV-1 ENVI

Yesterday, Chrysler/Fiat’s new CEO Sergio Marchionne presented the 5-year business plan he hopes will save Chrysler, and bring Fiat back to the US market for the first time in nearly 30 years. The company presented its plan during a live, seven-hour-long marathon webcast, which was notable for two things: first, a virtually unprecedented willingness to discuss future product, and, second, the conspicuous absence of New Chrysler’s much-ballyhooed ENVI electric-vehicle division.

What happened to the Dodge EV? Can we expect some innovative green tech from Marchionne’s new Dodge product future? The depressing reality, after the jump.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/11/05/chrysler-goes-public-with-dodge-future-electric-cars-missing/feed/ Reva to Build World’s Largest Electric Car Factory in India http://gas2.org/2009/07/15/reva-to-build-worlds-largest-electric-car-factory-in-india/ http://gas2.org/2009/07/15/reva-to-build-worlds-largest-electric-car-factory-in-india/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:56:51 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2009/07/15/reva-to-build-worlds-largest-electric-car-factory-in-india/

The Reva Electric Car Company has announced plans to build the world’s largest factory for cheap all-electric cars, capable of a massive annual output of 30,000 units.

The Bangalore, India-based company hopes that after the Rs300m ($6.1m) facility begins production in the first quarter of next year, it will help to introduce green energy to the subcontinent’s rapidly growing automotive industry.

The Reva, a small hatchback powered by eight six-volt batteries, retails for a mega-competitive Rs350,000 in India and £7,500 ($12,200) in the UK, (where it is marketed under the G-Wiz brand), far less than most rival companies.

Speaking about the plan, Chetan Maini, Reva’s deputy chairman and chief technology officer said, “We are promoting a technology that holds the key to the global energy crisis.”

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/07/15/reva-to-build-worlds-largest-electric-car-factory-in-india/feed/ The Grassroots Work Behind the SF Bike Plan Victory http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/01/the-grassroots-work-behind-the-sf-bike-plan-victory/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/01/the-grassroots-work-behind-the-sf-bike-plan-victory/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:59:11 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/01/the-grassroots-work-behind-the-sf-bike-plan-victory/ San Francisco Bike Coalition member Rick Baraff produced this short video documenting how the grassroots advocacy work of thousands of SFBC members led to last Friday’s historic victory at the SFMTA hearing.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/07/01/the-grassroots-work-behind-the-sf-bike-plan-victory/feed/ Anything You Can Do…China Takes on US With $2.2 Billion Funding for Electric Cars http://gas2.org/2009/03/25/anything-you-can-dochina-takes-on-us-with-22-billion-funding-for-electric-cars/ http://gas2.org/2009/03/25/anything-you-can-dochina-takes-on-us-with-22-billion-funding-for-electric-cars/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:23:00 +0000 Andrew Williams http://gas2.org/2009/03/25/anything-you-can-dochina-takes-on-us-with-22-billion-funding-for-electric-cars/

China has announced plans to take on the US head-to-head in the race to develop low emission vehicles, with a massive $2.2 billion investment in electric cars over the next three years.

The news comes hot on the heels of President Obama’s announcement of a whopping $2.4 billion investment in electric vehicles in the United States.

The Chinese government hopes that the investment will help the country to make 500,000 all-electric and hybrid vehicles a year by 2011 - and encourage organizations like city governments and airport taxi firms to enjoy subsidies of more than $70,000 on fleets of new vehicles.

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/03/25/anything-you-can-dochina-takes-on-us-with-22-billion-funding-for-electric-cars/feed/ SF Bike Plan Will Finally Go Forward in June http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/03/24/sf-bike-plan-to-finally-go-forward-in-june/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/03/24/sf-bike-plan-to-finally-go-forward-in-june/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:16:14 +0000 Rhonda Winter http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/03/24/sf-bike-plan-to-finally-go-forward-in-june/ SF Bicyclists eagerly await the implementation of SF\'s Bike PlanAll of San Francisco bicyclists are eagerly awaiting the implementation of our Bike Network.

Today San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee just announced that the city’s long-awaited Bike Plan will finally begin to be implemented this June. This is incredibly great news for the thousands of bicyclists who commute in our city every day. As you may already know, the city-wide Bike Plan has been held up for nearly three years by a fatuous lawsuit and injunction, which has prevented the city from making any Bike Network improvements whatsoever, even something as basic as installing a simple bike rack.

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]]> http://ecolocalizer.com/2009/03/24/sf-bike-plan-to-finally-go-forward-in-june/feed/ Four Easy Steps to a 30-Fold Increase in US Solar Power by 2016 http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/four-easy-steps-to-a-30-fold-increase-in-us-solar-power-by-2016/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/four-easy-steps-to-a-30-fold-increase-in-us-solar-power-by-2016/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:35:31 +0000 Andrew Williams http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/four-easy-steps-to-a-30-fold-increase-in-us-solar-power-by-2016/

The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has outlined four easy steps to a thirty fold increase in the size of the US solar power industry between 2009 and 2016, leading to over $230 billion worth of investment and the creation of 440,000 permanent jobs.

The influential industry group laid out the plans at this week’s Solar Power International conference in San Diego. The four key recommendations to achieve this goal are as follows:

1. Utility Ownership of Solar Power Projects

“The utility and solar industries must collaborate to find program structures, such as utility ownership of distributed photovoltaics, that provide a winning scenario for both industries, as well as for customers at large. The solar industry can utilize this new market segment as a buffer until home and small business owners are back on more solid economic footing.”

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]]> http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/16/four-easy-steps-to-a-30-fold-increase-in-us-solar-power-by-2016/feed/ Google to Wean US off Coal and Oil http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/02/google-to-wean-us-off-coal-and-oil/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/02/google-to-wean-us-off-coal-and-oil/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:40:01 +0000 Joshua S Hill http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/02/google-to-wean-us-off-coal-and-oil/ 117185482_091a7142d5 Google has announced its own plan to wean America off the use of coal and oil by 2030. The plan, “Clean Energy 2030,” was led by Jeffery Greenblatt, Google’s Climate and Energy Technology Manager. And though some may suggest that Google should stick to what they know best – the internet – I’m just glad someone is doing something about this.

The financial cost of this plan is not insignificant. Google put the cost at about $4.4 trillion in undiscounted 2008 dollars, but stress that the savings are even greater, sitting at about $5.4 trillion, resulting in a net savings of $1 trillion over the 22 year life of the plan.

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