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The Cars that will Recharge America
New Society
December 2006
On Sale: December 1, 2006
231 pages
ISBN: 0865715718
EAN: 9780865715714
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Non-Fiction
A politically polarized America is coming together over a
new kind of car-the plug-in hybrid that will save drivers
money, reduce pollution, and increase US security by
reducing dependence on imported oil. Plug-in Hybrids points out that, where hydrogen fuel-cell
cars won't be ready for decades, the technology for plug-in
hybrids exists today. Unlike conventional hybrid cars that
can't run without gasoline, plug-in hybrids use gasoline or
cheaper, cleaner, domestic electricity-or both. Although
plug-in hybrids are not yet for sale, demand for them is
widespread, coming from characters across the political
spectrum, such as: Chelsea Sexton, the automotive insider: working for General
Motors, Sexton fought attempts to destroy the all-electric
EV1 car and describes how car companies are resisting
plug-in hybrids-and why they'll make them -anyway.
Felix Kramer and the tech squad: Kramer started a nonprofit
organization using the Internet to tap into a small army of
engineers who built the first plug-in Prius hybrids.
R. James Woolsey, former CIA director and national security
hawk: seeing the end of oil supplies looming, Woolsey is
demanding plug-in hybrids to wean us from petroleum. Cautioning that the oil and auto companies know how to
undermine the success of plug-in car programs to protect
their interests, the book gives readers tools to ensure that
plug-in hybrids get to market-and stay here.
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