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Flyer and Handout Downloads

Also see our Audio/Video page for downloadable media content and Photos for pictures of CalCars/PHEV people and projects..


CalCars Flyers
  "Our Cars Can Get More Than 100 Miles Per Gallon (Plus Electricity)" PDF (110K)
CalCars' "on-car" flier, available wherever a CalCars PHEV is shown—this one customized for Felix's car
  10 Talking Points for Plug-In Hybrids PDF (70K, 1P)
  "Plug-In Hybrids Plus Ethanol: We Can Tackle Global Warming" PDF (130K, 1P)
     Also available: "Our Cars Can Get 100+MPG" and "10 Talking Points" as one downloadable file PDF (148K 2P)
     Also available: "Global Warming" and "10 Talking Points" as one downloadable file PDF (184K 2P)
  16 Points About GM's Long-Awaited PHEVs PDF (63K)
  "Everybody Loves Plug-Ins" PDF (130K)
National endorsements of and quotes about PHEVs—see also online version: National Endorsements of PHEVs
  "We Can Tackle National Security, Jobs and Global Warming..." PDF (100K, 2P) (from early 2006)
  PHEV Conversions Fact Sheet PDF (50K) (last updated spring 2006)
CalCars' Donation Form PDF (460K)
CalCars 2007 Goals/2006 Review + Appeal PDF (600K)
CalCars 2006 Goals and 2005 Year-End Report PDF (100K)
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CalCars Presentations and Policy Briefings
"Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" PDF (2.7 MB)
CalCars' 20-slide standard presentation on the story of PHEVs
"Hope in the Car Industry (By Popular Demand)" TED Conference 2008 PDF (546K)
CalCars Founder Felix Kramer's three-minute talk to the 24th annual Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference in Monterey, CA, February 2008. For accompanying text, see 1500 Movers/Shakers Hear about PHEV Campaign".
"PHEVs: The Technical Side" PDF (176K)
Ron Gremban's presentation notes (with sources) PDF (361K)
Presentations by CalCars Tech Lead Ron Gremban at EET-2007 European Ele-Drive Conference Brussels, Belgium, May 30-June 01, 2007
"PHEVs: Organizations/Resources/Summary of Carmakers' Plans:" PDF (120k)
2-page flyer includes organizations listed at CalCars Partners, best PHEV publications, and summary of plans of automakers from Carmakers.
"PHEVs: The Best of Both Worlds" PDF (2,1MB)
Felix Kramer's presentation about PHEVs, Iceland and international opportunities at Driving Sustainability '07: Fueling the Future of Transport, Reykjavik, September 18, 2007
CalCars' May 2007 testimony on PHEVs to California Air Resources Board PDF (629K)
Two-page testimony to CARB on the Zero Emissions Vehicle Review.
CalCars' September 2006 Briefing on PHEVs to CARB PDF (397K)
Eight-page overview of PHEVs for CARB's ZEV Technology Symposium.
CalCars' April 2006 Federal Policy Briefing on PHEVs PDF (80K)
Four-page overview of PHEVs and recommended policy initiatives
CalCars' March 2006 California Policy Briefing on PHEVs PDF (70K)
16 Points about GM's PHEVs, January 2007 (html page on site)
"Hybridizing Light Aircraft" PDF (290K)
CalCars' Technical Lead Ron Gremban's talk at the second annual Electric Airplane Symposium in San Francisco, CA on April 26, 2008, showing that plug-in hybrid designs may also be viable for light aircraft.
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Other PHEV Flyers, Documents and Handouts
Items with an * asterisk are included in our 30-page Recommended Mix PDF (6.5MB, last updated March '06).
* Ending the Energy Stalemate PDF (55K)
1-page matrix from bi-partisan National Commission on Energy Policy Report
* Plug-In Partners Campaign Flyer PDF (150K)
4-page flyer from the national fleet buy-order campaign
* The Plug-In Hybrid Consortium (trade association) flyer PDF (300K)
* "Why Plug-In Cars?" PDF (20K)
Flyer from Plug In America campaign for EVs and PHEVs
Oil and Security PDF (800K)
Former CIA Director James Woolsey and former Secretary of State George Shultz give best basic introduction (above URL is our excerpt; here's latest version of the 13-page report.)
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Articles and Press
Items with an * asterisk are included in our 30-page Recommended Mix PDF (6.5MB, last updated March '06).
"Fuels for the Future" , 23 pages PDF (905K)
Summer 2007 Cover story/special issue, Co-op America Quarterly
"A Plug for Hybrids" PDF (700K)
October 9, 2006 US News and World Report
The Emergence of Hybrid Vehicles PDF (56 pages, 1MB)
June, 2006. A very significant report: Alliance Bernstein, a worldwide institutional investment management firm, identifies plug-in hybrids as "game-changing technology"
"Plugging Into the Future" PDF (1.2MB)
June 10, 2006 The Economist
"Plugging Into a New Market" PDF (130K)
May 15, 2006 Red Herring magazine
"Hybrid Vehicles Gain Traction" PDF (750K)
April 2006 Scientific American
Driving the Solution: The Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle PDF (1.5MB, 10P)
From Fall 2005 EPRI Journal; links to other Electric Power Research Institute documents at Resources
"100 M.P.G. Cars: It's a Start"PDF (350K) or see text version
1-page by New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Nicholas D. Kristof
* "Running on Empty"PDF (1.5MB)
5-page, 3,000-word article by LA Times Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Dan Neil
* "As Toyota Goes..." PDF (400K)
1-page by New York Times Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Thomas L. Friedman
* "Giving Hybrids a Real Jolt" PDF (150K)
1-page article by John Carey in Business Week
* "Hybrid-Car Tinkerers Scoff at No-Plug-In Rule" PDF (170K)
NYTimes reporter Danny Hakim's exclusive breaks the story of the PRIUS+
* "Breaking That Dirty Oil Habit" PDF (3.2MB)
4-page article by Unmesh Kher in Time Magazine about PHEVs and ethanol/500 MPG vehicles
Take This Car and Plug It PDF (1.2MB)
4-page article by Willie Jones in the IEEE Spectrum magazine
Imagine--500 Miles Per Gallon PDF (14K)
by Newsweek International Editor Fareed Zakaria
* Green Car Journal Fall 2005 PDF (1.3MB)
Hybrid Connection by Kellen Schefter, "Voices" columns by Felix Kramer and Joseph Romm
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Logos and Images
CalCars Logo
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  Medium: GIF | PNG
  Large: GIF | PNG | EPS
CalCars Bumper Sticker
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CalCars "100+ MPG Hybrids!" Poster
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CalCars "10 Talking Points" Poster
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  Large: GIF | PDF
CalCars "PHEVs in Pictures" Poster
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CalCars "Plugging In" Poster
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  Large: PDF
Isolated PHEV Image
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Pacific Gas & Electric Bill Insert
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  Back: JPG, Both: PDF


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