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California Cars Initiative for Plug

http://www.calcars.org/
Last activity: 05.09.2008
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Jul 25, 2007Roundup: Digg’s deal, Facebook, Stage6, AideRSS, Toyota’s plug-in, Google & moreHere’s the latest action: Digg, the news-ranking site, signs big advertising deal with Microsoft — It is similar to the one signed by Facebook with Microsoft, says co-founder Kevin Rose. Divx to spin off its Stage6 video-sharing site: Stage...
May 2, 2007Google gives $200,000 to plug-in hybrid car groupGoogle’s for-profit foundation Google.org has given a $200,000 grant to CalCars.org, a group that advocates the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric cars. Plug-in hybrids are cars you can plug into an electricity outlet to recharge their bat...
Dec 7, 2006Moving toward electric cars – and zero carbon[Editor’s note: We asked Felix Kramer to provide an update on prospects for an affordable hybrid-electric car. GM has just agreed to make one.] These days, the feeling of urgency for green-tech reminds me of the intensity I saw five years a...
Sep 14, 2006Google’s $1B philanthropy to back 100+ mpg hybrid carsLarry Brilliant (via NYT) Google’s philanthropy arm will begin pushing an environmentalist’s dream car: a hybrid of ethanol, electricity and gasoline that will get more than 100 miles per gallon of gas. That’s double what the popular Prius ...
Sep 4, 2006Plug-in hybrid cars enter the fast lane — we hope(Editor’s note: We asked Felix Kramer to write about his 100+ mile per gallon hybrid electric car. Felix’s role, as head of Palo Alto’s CalCars, is significant. He was a member of a group of leaders who traveled to Sacramento to lobby for t...
Jun 22, 2005VCs checking out plug-in hybrids, other cleantechHere‘s our VCInsider column in the Mercury News today about action in Silicon Valley surrounding plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Or here’s another version, if you’re still avoiding our registration page. (By the way, Matt’s VCInsider colu...

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What has the press written about California Cars Initiative for Plug?

Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning California Cars Initiative for Plug, among them “Roundup: Digg’s deal, Facebook, Stage6, AideRSS, Toyota’s plug-in, Google & more” (Jul 25, 2007) and “Google gives $200,000 to plug-in hybrid car group” (May 2, 2007).

Is California Cars Initiative for Plug still active?

Yes, California Cars Initiative for Plug is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 5, 2008.