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 DOE Finances 'Old Guard' Auto Companies as Startups Lose Out
Reuters - USA   August, 2009
... Efficiency Practice says the money "went to the old guard" and left out new EV companies such as Aptera where "$100 million could make or break them. ...   more ...


367 MPG - 5 Passenger Surprise! -  from Nissan's Fabiola     

Nissan announces the "Leaf", Zero emission vehicle   Nissan Leaf   announced: August, 2009 (byplug comment: SHIFT_the way you move - Go Nissan!)

Chevron JV sells Cobasys to Samsung-Bosch JV 
Posted on July 14, 2009 at 3:17 PM
While automakers and suppliers vie for position in the sector, Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) is exiting a hybrid car battery business. Cobasys LLC is being sold... more ...

Plug-in Electric SUV?  Plug-in electric - "tough truck"? So, is it possible to make large battery electric vehicles? Could a company, today, make a plug-in electric SUV or "tough truck" pictured above without making it out of tin foil and running on hamster power?
Proterra is currently recognized by the California Air Resource Board as the only company that meets zero-emission bus technology (Zbus) with a battery electric bus.

All Electric plug-in commercial truck available. 
Zero Truck by Electrorides.
Electrorides will be offering the first U.S. built class 4 electric truck, the ZeroTruck™ in 2009 to fleet operators through its launch dealership South Bay Truck Center, Carson, CA. The Zerotruck™ is an integrated "zero emission" fully electric 12,000-14,500 lb GVWR medium duty truck with advanced lithium ion battery pack.

Start Your Plug-in Electric Motors America!
U.S. Green-car loans awarded to Ford, Tesla... and Nissan
(byplug comment: byplug question:  RE: U.S. Fed Funds awards - 
What's up with U.S. Aptera and some of the other U.S. plug-in tech startups that have "raised the bar" freeway speed technologies"?)

1.  Toyota Questions Prius Conversion Claims
New York Times Blogs - Jim Motavalli - Jun 15, 2009
Kim Adelman, the chief executive of Plug-In Conversions, said the last thing he wanted to do was pick a fight with Toyota. more..   
(byplug comment: Kim Adelman has truly created a Prius plug-in Game Changer. Why isn't Toyota doing this themselves already?)

2.   A plug-in car - GAME CHANGER!   Plug-in electric only mode - up to 70 MPH in a Toyota Prius, today! Software Upgrade to Prius Conversion Kit Also Enables 170 mpg Efficiency (byplug comment: Awesome!   Watch the video. >>>>>>>>> byplug question: Why are some really smart, small company guys able to create this freeway speed electric car? It is a plug-in electric blended mode upgrade for a Toyota Prius. Why isn't Toyota doing this themselves?  Read the articles above (1 and 2) and the article below (3). Watch the video to the right. O.K. so.... Is it oil politics, a lawsuit limitation, is it political, is it business, is it to sell more cars and upgraded styles and models through the years to finally get in the future years what Kim Adelman along with Ewert Energy Systems created today?  ... or did a large company just miss it?  Now, today, a Prius with an electric plug. What do you think?    mail@byplug.com 3.  More....Plug-in electric only mode - up to 70 MPH in a Toyota Prius, today! The new Enhanced Mileage upgrade from Ewert Energy Systems allows for 70 MPH electric-only mode and seamless transition back to gasoline powered drive. This feature is available with the 20 Mile plug-in hybrid conversion kit from: www.pluginconversions.com
Bank of America to finance Tesla Roadster purchases Los Angeles Times - CA,USA The Charlotte, N.C.- based banking behemoth, long a leader in auto loans, will begin offering financing for the purchase of a Tesla. Qualified borrowers...
Tesla slashes production costs, eyes July profit  June 22 - Reuters - Edwin Chan, Matthew Lewis (byplug comment: Face it, currently, Tesla is too expensive for the masses but, to the Tesla critics, we say "Tesla is out there and doin' it. Go Tesla.")

 "Let's transition to freeway speed - plug-in electric cars and trucks in local commuting transportation."       byplug.com

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 Please note: byplug.com is not a not a radical eco friendly web site.  Here, we are more interested in the REAL, practical science and technologies that are available today and in the near future. This site is about opinions, thinking out loud, questioning authority, inviting conversation, ideas and taking the REAL steps to live the ideas here on this web site. You will also find Electric Car News, conversation and opinions about oil, importing oil, gasoline prices and future planning - living with less or no imported energy and instead using domestic energy and dollars to power cars, lawnmowers, weed eaters... and lives. We hope that you learn something here, thank you.  

Our mission is to get the electric living ideas in play. We sincerely believe that the needs of the many have been purchased or framed in a negative light and put aside by the needs of the few. We believe in personal accountability, leadership, less personal and national debt and more responsibility.

  The big picture

  With the correction in the current economy, an exciting shift is taking place. Perhaps by the markets that once shunned electric transportation, the world is looking to this electric vehicle sector for growth and big business is struggling to adapt. You hear it everyday in the news, major automobile companies are struggling with contraction and having to 'pay for' and adjust to what seems like years of "get by" and upper level executive golf. 

  Electric vehicle technologies are swimming up the big oil stream and if you follow the news, batteries and battery technologies have become the 'holy grail' of the coming wave of electric vehicles. Investors are investing 'real' money in battery companies foreign and domestic. Electric car clubs and hobbiests who converted gas cars using multiple linked traditional car batteries are getting a more serious look these days and Large SUV manufacturing plants are closing and retooling to create profitable small car plants.  

   Here in Southern California, a weakened economy has forced entrepreneurs to find other business ventures. Solar powered product companies are getting a harder look these days, even from older generations who are trying to justify amortizing solar products for their homes and business's. 

  The word is spreading. It will be expensive for early plug-in electric vehicle adoptors because they purchase the 'not mass produced' low quantity leading if not bleeding edge 'boutique' products. Very soon, a true plug-in electric will not be just a home science project or expensive vehicle. A highway speed capable, plug-in electric vehicle will not just be trendy and 'cool' to purchase, it will be a fiscally smart decision. Electric transportation technologies are starting to dominate the auto news and major auto manufacturers and suppliers, foreign and domestic, are scrambling to bring products to the show floor for the 2010 model year.

  Here they come

  We absolutely know that a number of people are waiting until the electric vehicle has a plug-in capability and some range so they can live byplug. Among things like safety and style, we are looking for inexpensive battery replacement costs and long battery life cycles. Although the electric movement has begun, we believe that the end of 2009 (model year 2010 vehicles) and through 2011 will spark the greatest change in direction for local electric transportation. Some electric vehicle companies will come and go but look for innovation this year from pure electric vehicle or hybrid models that are more affordable such as the Aptera 2e, Nissan LEAF, and the more expensive GM Volt. We predict that the demand for less expensive electric plug-in vehicles, greater range electric vehicles and hybrids with 100 miles or more EV only range, more efficient power grids, harvesting solar and renewable energies will be the next big business growth areas. 

  Exciting times  

   For years, the idea of electric transportation has been clouded by inexpensive gasoline, big oil policies to sell more product and the big oil relationship with the auto manufacturer to 'stay the course', larger horsepower engines each year, easy money, special interest lobbies and foreign business interests. These corporations, purchased politicians and other parties have had and continue to have a direct effect on our lives and our United States National Security. Big business will continue 'to look out for itself'. 

So, we need to look out for us.. as stated earlier above... We believe in personal accountability, leadership, less personal and national debt and more responsibility. It seems that voting and holding our wallets seems to get lots of attention.

  So with that said, let's look at some videos and ideas below. Let's take a different longer term perspective view using the 'Oil and Gasoline' tab above and dream a little on the "Wouldn't It Be Great" tab selection. By the way, the "Wouldn't It Be Great" tab selection has a few 'extras' that indirectly help to finance our electric LifeStyles.  mail@byplug.com. 

   If you are new to the byplug site, please enjoy the Electric Car NEWS, flavored with Electric Car Ford, Electric Car GM, Electric Car Chrysler and Electric Car Nissan specific keyword search pages as you proceed down the page. Try one. We will add features and searches that interest electric vehicle owners and buyers.  
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"..just for fun" - inspiration section..

Paul Potts audition..

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the full trailer for The Blind Side starring Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron and Ray McKinnon. 

     For the long run, The People of the United States should demand with their wallets, plug-in all electric and hybrid cars for local commuter transportation, trucks, infrastructure, movements, links, sponsors and other plug-in electric devices to replace foreign oil and eventually harness domestic solar, wind and other alternative energy solutions. We promote the constructive and positive channeling of anger for 'U.S. no option' high gas prices. We promote the constructive and positive channeling of anger for poor and non existing leadership in current major financial and automotive markets.  We believe in personal accountability, leadership, less personal and national debt and more responsibility. We are a member of the growing Electric Car Markets, Electric Car infrastructure, Electric Car Products, Sponsors and other general Electric Cars information.