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The computer then sends a signal to the throttle that opens it electrically. So you have no control. In the Prius, for example, if you’re sitting in park in the driveway and you floor the gas pedal, the computer will say “Why would it do that? It’s in park. ” Back to List of Interviews | Download eBook Now Jim Kliesch – Research Associate and Author, ACEEE's Green Book®: The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Jim has worked on an array of vehicle- and energy-related topics, including computer modeling of vehicle emissions, vehicle life-cycle assessments, and CO2 emissions trend analyses. He is also the manager and principal vehicle analyst of the GreenerCars. com website. Jim has been consulted by various news media—including The New York Times, CNN, MSNBC. com, and Automotive News—on automobiles and the environment. Interview topics include: Establishing a Vehicle’s Green-ness How to Find a Vehicle’s Pollution Info Breakdown of Various Tailpipe Pollutants Health Costs and Environmental Damage Tons of Carbon Dioxide Per Year Sample quotes: "One gallon of gasoline produces 19 pounds of CO2. Over 15, 000 miles of annual driving, think about how many gallons you’re burning, plus the upstream emissions related to that, as well as the greenhouse emissions of other pollutants. " "The primary drawback of diesels is that, while the fuel economy is great, they’re not nearly as clean in tailpipe emissions as today’s hybrids. So, while you have both the fuel economy and the low tailpipe emissions benefits for hybrid vehicles, diesels offer only the fuel economy benefits. " Back to List of Interviews | Download eBook Now Jason Dove Mark – Director, JumpStart Ford Campaign, Global Exchange Jason is a veteran corporate accountability organizer. He has helped developed campaigns challenging Nike and Gap to end sweatshop abuses and calling on Starbucks and Procter & Gamble to offer Fair Trade Certified coffee. He is the co-author, with Kevin Danaher, of Insurrection: Citizen Challenges to Corporate Power [Routledge Press; 2003]. Interview topics include: The Consequences of Oil Addiction Responsibility: Automakers, Oil Companies, or Government Return on Investment on Hybrid Cars Hybrid Cars, Oil, War, and Peace Sample quotes: "The typical Ford vehicle on the road today gets worse gas mileage than the Model T did 80 years ago. " "From 1942 to 1943, the entire American auto industry shut down, retooled, and became, quote unquote, “the arsenal of democracy. ” What we’re asking is not impossible, if the environmental and social challenges we face, associated with war and threats to our national security, are every bit as pressing as those in 1942. " Back to List of Interviews | Download eBook Now Sam Williams, Prius Yahoo Group Moderator Sam has moderated the toyota-prius Yahoo Group for almost four years.
He also moderates the technical group, Prius_Technical_Stuff. In August 2000, he took delivery of a new 2001 Prius, one of the first to arrive in the Northeast. He lives in Acton, Massachusetts, outside Boston, and works as a chemist, engineer, technical manager, and project manager for synthetic membranes and medical products. Interview topics include: Concerns for Prius Drivers Toyota’s Relationship with Customers Rivalry between Toyota and Honda Hybrid Drivers Hybrids as Elite Vehicles Moving into the Mainstream Sample quotes: "Several years ago, I heard on the radio that that the BMW 2002 I was driving put out 10 times the pollution of your average new car. It hit me like a ton of bricks. And it really bothered me…Almost that day, I stopped driving the car. " "I do describe myself as an “over-the-top zealot, ” I’m also very practical. I’m not pounding the pavement every day, expounding about all the virtues of the Prius. " Back to List of Interviews | Download eBook Now Walter McManus, Executive Director of Global Forecasting, J. D. Power and Associates Walter’s business career includes nine years at General Motors Corporation. He developed models to forecast vehicle sales, created visual information tools to stimulate new product development, and spent a year as a manufacturing supervisor in a component factory. Walter received GM’s Chairman’s Honors twice. He is a subject-matter expert on the market for alternative powertrains, and a frequent speaker at industry conferences on the subject.
Interview topics include: Problems Per 100 Vehicles Uncertain Future for “Clean Diesel” Sales and Production Trends for Hybrid Cars The Typical Hybrid Driver Is Hybrid SUV an Oxymoron? Sample quotes: "The most recent forecast has hybrid sales growing to 4 percent of the market by 2009. This year, it’s going to be about a half a percent. Next year, probably 1 percent. How quickly it grows beyond that partly depends on how quickly new offerings come out. " "Today, the folks who buy hybrid cars, and those that intend to buy them, tend to be—and I can say this because I have a PhD. —over-educated. How quickly it grows beyond that partly depends on how quickly new offerings come out. " "Today, the folks who buy hybrid cars, and those that intend to buy them, tend to be—and I can say this because I have a PhD. —over-educated. They have a level of education higher than any group of car drivers that I’ve ever seen. " Back to List of Interviews | Download eBook Now Elizabeth Frame, Honda Sales Associate Elizabeth, a sales associate at Frontier Honda in Longmont, Colorado, has been selling Hondas since 1976. She has lived in Boulder, Colorado for thirty years. She enjoys cooking, reading, hiking, gardening, and spending time with her husband and cat. Topics include: Hybrid Customers Blank Responses from the Uninformed Activism on the Sales Floor A Career Selling Hondas Sample quotes: "Yesterday, I had some clients walk in, and they had never been in a Honda dealership before…I went up and showed them the hybrid…I got a blank look. It just wasn’t part of their reality. " "The Honda Insight is built around a cage similar to Indy cars in terms of safety. They have reinforced the vehicle even though it’s made with lightweight material, to withstand impact pretty well.
I followed racing for many years. Just watching those Indy cars, they hit the wall at 200 miles an hour, and people walk out. " Back to List of Interviews | Download eBook Now Dave Hermance, Executive Engineer for Environmental Engineering, Toyota Dave is Executive Engineer for Environmental Engineering at Toyota Technical Center U. S. A. in Gardena, California. He’s responsible for advanced technology vehicle communication for the North American market, and emission regulatory activities in California. Hermance joined TTC in 1991; from 1985 to 1991 he served as Department Head for Durability Test Development at General Motors. He joined G. M. in 1965, serving in a variety of roles in the Vehicle Emissions Laboratory from 1971-1985. Interview topics include: American versus Japanese Corporate Cultures Toyota Hybrid Release Schedule Tough Stuff: The Hybrid Computer Control System The Leasing of Toyota’s Hybrid Technology Consumer Concerns: Fuel Efficiency, Battery Life Sample quotes: "You can’t move a buyer away from an SUV if that’s the target vehicle they’re interested in. The best you can hope for with marketing is to get them to switch brands. A lot of folks don’t understand how limited your ability to influence the buying decision with marketing actually is. " "Fuel cells are great energy-conversion devices because they’re very efficient, but are we two days or five years away from it? I don’t think so. " Back to List of Interviews | Download eBook Now Therese Langer, Transportation Program Director, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Therese is the Transportation Program Director for the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) in Washington, DC.
She works to improve both vehicle and system efficiencies in the passenger and freight sectors. Her current activities include research and advocacy for stronger fuel economy standards; assessment of diesel-vehicle prospects in the U. S. market; improving consumer information about environmentally preferable vehicles; and development of an approach to stabilizing transportation energy use in the U. S. that integrates technological and demand reduction strategies. Therese provides guidance and analytical support on transportation energy policy issues to environmental groups and Congressional offices, among others. Interview topics include: Understanding the CLEAR Act Trying to Make Sense of the Legislative Landscape Governmental Role in Gas Prices Hybrids Driving Solo in Carpool Lanes California’s ZEV Mandate "Everyone is watching very closely the release of the Escape…It will be the first release of what we regard as a very serious hybrid by a U. S. manufacturer…The success of the Escape Hybrid would have very significant consequences for the view that American manufacturers take of the hybrid market. " "H ybrids have not to date played in a big way into the fuel economy debate because people have taken the view that they’re either too expensive to be regarded as a generally-available technology, or they’re just available in these little cars, and this doesn’t address the problem of people driving gas-guzzling SUVs and so forth. Both of those things are changing. " Back to top. Hybrid Cars - Hybrid Cars eBook HybridCars. com Web HOME CARS CULTURE & MARKET ENVIRONMENT GAS MILEAGE INCENTIVES & LAWS OIL DEPENDENCY TECHNOLOGY Discussion | Blogs | Newsletter Frequently Asked Questions About Us | Site Map | Feedback About RSS Feed Copyright 2006 hybridcars. com Privacy Statement Hybrid Cars eBook An Insider's Look at Hybrid Cars: How They Work and Why They Matter By Bradley Berman, Editor of Hybridcars. com 101 page eBook (pdf) Nine transcribed and edited interviews $10. 00 > Download Now Why do hybrid batteries last for the full lifetime of the car? Do hybrid cars need special maintenance? Why don’t you see television ads for the Toyota Prius? Are diesel cars a better value than hybrids? Will hybrids be wiped out when hydrogen fuel cell cars hit the market—and when will that be? Why are American carmakers so far behind on hybrids? Who is buying hybrids and why? These questions and nearly 250 more were posed to people who spend their whole day engineering, selling, or servicing hybrids—and those advocating for their use. If a question about hybrid cars has crossed your mind—everything from car safety to maximizing fuel efficiency to minimizing our foreign oil dependency—it’s probably in this document. The hybridcars. com website has tons of information, but many visitors have requested a single print-friendly resource for hybrid information.
This eBook is a "must read" for anybody who drives a hybrid car or is thinking about getting one. It’s not for techies. Technical concepts are very much put into layman's terms. The book is currently only available in pdf format. > Download Now Sample Pages. Click to view (in pdf format): Page 4 Page 17 Page 39 Page 41 Page 52 Page 60 Page 76 Page 90 The eBook includes nine interviews: Jason A. Mark – Director, Clean Vehicles Program, Union of Concerned Scientists Craig Van Batenburg – Master Hybrid Service Technician, Automotive Career Development Jim Kliesch – Research Associate and Author, ACEEE's Green Book®: The Environmental Guide to Cars and Trucks, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Jason Dove Mark – Director, JumpStart Ford Campaign, Global Exchange Sam Williams , Prius Yahoo Group Moderator Walter McManus , Executive Director of Global Forecasting, J. D. Power and Associates Elizabeth Frame , Honda Sales Associate Dave Hermance , Executive Engineer for Environmental Engineering, Toyota Therese Langer , Transportation Program Director, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy Back to top Jason A. Mark – Director, Clean Vehicles Program, Union of Concerned Scientists Jason is author of several studies on fuel economy, alternative fuels, and advanced technologies. Before joining UCS, Mr. Mark held research positions at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Princeton University Center for Energy and Environmental Studies.
Interview topics include: The Consumer’s Most Important Environmental Decision Hybrids in the Spectrum of Automotive Technologies Battery Electrics and Fuel Cells as an Alternative The World Oil and Hybrid Market The Impact of Hybrids Sample quotes: "On one end of the automotive technology spectrum will be improved conventional vehicles that deliver better fuel economy very cost-effectively, the best that the century-old technology can be. At the other end are purely electric vehicles, say powered by fuel cells. Hybrid vehicles are the bridge in between. " "It’s certainly going to be some time before we see fuel cells at the stage of technological readiness that the hybrid vehicles are today, no doubt about it. It’s an important reminder that we should really squeeze what efficiencies we can out of conventional vehicles, as well as pushing hard on hybrids as first priorities. It’s far more cost-effective and it’s ready now. " Back to List of Interviews | Download eBook Now Craig Van Batenburg – Master Hybrid Service Technician Craig runs the Automotive Career Development Center, which trains mechanics throughout New England. He writes on repair technology and garage management for Motor Age, Auto-Inc. and Action magazines, delivers management and technical seminars nationally, and is a leader in electric-hybrid technical training. Interview topics include: Putting All the Hybrid Pieces Together Hybrids and Constantly Variable Transmissions (CVT) Gas Mileage and Gas Pedals Software Challenges at Ford and GM Car Weight, Batteries and Safety Buying New or Used: Shopping Tips Sample quotes: "Toyota uses a planetary gear set in a unique way of designing a CVT transmission, making it the central hub where all the power sources send their powernybridcars.com hybriidcars.com hybridcats.com hybridca.com hybridcars.m hridcars.com hybridcars.cpm hybricars.com hygridcars.com hybrifcars.com hybrridcars.com hybridcars.cok hybridcars.con tybridcars.com hybridcars.vom hybridcasr.com hyridcars.com hybrudcars.com hybbridcars.com hybfidcars.com hybridcars..com hhybridcars.com hybridcars.coj hybridcafs.com hybridcas.com hybrdcars.com hybridcarcom htbridcars.com hybrodcars.com hybridcs.com hubridcars.com hybridcars.ocm hybridcars.com ybridcars.com hybridcar.scom jybridcars.com hybridacrs.com hybridcarsom hybridcard.com yybridcars.com hybridcags.com hybridcarx.com hybridcars.ccom hybrkdcars.com hybirdcars.com hybridvars.com gybridcars.com hybridcars.cm hybgidcars.com hybriscars.com hybridcars.clm hyidcars.com hybridcars.coom hybridcars.cim bridcars.com hbyridcars.com hyvridcars.com hybdcars.com hybridcars.xom hyybridcars.com hybridcars.cmo hybridcare.com hybridccars.com hybridcara.com hybridcars.dom hybriddcars.com hybridcarw.com hhbridcars.com hyrbidcars.com hybriecars.com hybridcaes.com hybtidcars.com hybrdicars.com hybridcras.com hybridcsrs.com hybeidcars.com hybrcars.com hybidcars.com hybridcrs.com hybridcarscom yhbridcars.com hbridcars.com hybridcar.com hybridcarsc.om hybridcqrs.com hybriars.com hybriddars.com hynridcars.com bybridcars.com hybriccars.com hybridrs.com hybridcaars.com hybridars.com hybricdars.com hybridcarrs.com hybridcars.com hybridcars.c hybridcarss.com hybridcars.co hybridcars.comm hybridxars.com hybridcars.om hybridczrs.com