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The
New York Times ran an article about Electro Energy's
Plug-in Prius— the prototype developed in partnership with
the California
Cars Initiative, and the attention plug-in hybrids are
getting from campaigns like Plug-In Partners (4/2/06
nytimes.com)
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Minnesota
lawmakers introduce a bill they hope will lead to the
production of plug-ins and revitalize St. Paul's Ford Motor
Co. plant: (3/22/06
startribune.com) and (3/24/06
twincities.com)
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Renewable
Energy Access published an article by Dr. Andrew Frank of
the UC
Davis Hybrid Electric Vehicle Group, in which he discusses
the new focus for the future of transportation and the efforts
of Austin Energy (Plug-In Partners), EPRI, and CalCars (3/6/06
renewableenergyaccess.com)
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Washington
Technology interviewed Dr. Andrew Frank, who mentioned the
launch of Plug-in Partners (2/13/06 washingtontechnology.com)
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Environmental
Magazine reported on the formation of the coalition,
included the Plug-In Partners logo, and named several Plug-In
Partner cities (2/1/06 emagazine.com)
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The
Economist wrote about the Plug-In Partners campaign
launch, mentioning Austin Energy as the campaign pioneer, and
the petition to gather signatures (1/26/06 economist.com,
subscription required for full article)
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Edmunds
ran a story on plug-ins, including a slideshow of pictures
with a plug-in Toyota Prius (1/26/06 edmunds.com)
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AutoWeek
mentioned the January 24 press conference in their article
about Ford Motor Co. unveiling a flexible fuel hybrid Escape
SUV (1/26/06 autoweek.com)
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Wall
Street Journal ran a feature on plug-in hybrid electric
vehicles, quoting Dr. Andrew Frank of the UC
Davis Hybrid Electric Vehicle Group, and noting the launch
of Plug-in Partners (1/25/06 wsj.com)
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Los
Angeles Times reported on the January 24 press conference
and mentioned California cities participation (1/25/06
latimes.com)
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Minneapolis
Star Tribune carried a story on the Plug-In Partners
campaign launch and featured local support (1/25/06
startribune.com)
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The
Daily Texan (1/25/06 dailytexanonline.com) ran a story and
the Austin
Chronicle (1/27/06 austinchronicle.com) mentioned Austin
Mayor Will Wynn’s involvement in the effort
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KVUE
Austin, Texas news covered the national campaign launch
(1/25/06 kvue.com)
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Automotive
World ran an article (subscription) about the Plug-In
Partners Coalition (1/25/06 awknowledge.com)
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EV
World feature, with photos of the campaign launch event,
list of Plug-In Partners, and MP3 audio clips (1/24/06
evworld.com)
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EV
World cites MSNBC’s online poll and solicits reader
comments regarding support for the Plug-In Partners strategy
(1/24/06 evworld.com)
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Business
Wire distributed a news release nationally, referenced on
dozens of news web sites (1/24/06 home.businesswire.com)
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Autoblog.com
ran a short story with the Plug-In Partners logo (1/24/06
autoblog.com) and British
news Channel 4 ran the same piece (1/26/06 channel4.com)
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The
Auto Channel story covers the campaign kick-off, quoting
Austin, Texas Mayor Will Wynn, Dr. Andy Frank of the UC-Davis
Hybrid Electric Research Group, Frank Gaffney of the Center
for National Security Policy, and other press conference
speakers (1/24/06 theautochannel.com)
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Motor
Trend Magazine and the American International Auto Dealers
Association carried a Plug-In news release (1/24/06
motortrend.com)
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MSNBC
story “Cities to Seek Plug-in Hybrids” (1/23/06 msnbc.com)
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MSNBC
is running an online poll asking if cities should offer
incentives for plug-ins; 83% voting yes (1/23/06 msnbc.com)