Fuel Cell Use Growing Rapidly: Knight Ridder (July 7) reports that the Central Park police station in New York city has installed a $1 million, fuel cell power plant and cut itself off the New York's power grid. The station now has enough juice to run high-tech gadgetry, charge four electric police cars, and light up a nearby summer sage where the Metropolitan Opera performs. This installation will be followed by private homes with hundreds of test residential generators scheduled for installation starting in August. Plug Power LLC of Latham, NY hopes to begin selling dishwasher-sized fuel cells for the home for less than $4,000 in just 18 months and sees an initial market of 25 million homes. Separately, Dow Jones (June 22) reports that Texas' Hunt family expects to break ground this summer at their Sharyland Plantation and to offer the 35,000 expected residents of the development the option to power their homes with fuel cells, rather than rely on electricity from traditional utilities in the area. ++++++++++++++++ ELECTRIC BICYCLE SHOP ONLINE ++++++++++++++++++++ Practical, affordable EVs for under $1000! The Electric Bicycle Shop. http://evworld.com/electricshop ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ HONDA CHRISTENS HYBRID "INSIGHT" Last week Honda tantalizingly released a few more details about its new hybrid-electric, 2 seat coupe, christening it "Insight" (formerly code-named VV). This week, EV World features a brief highlight on it based on Honda's official press release. GLOBAL WARMING THREAT: AUTOMOTIVE CHALLENGE & RESPONSE It's been more than a year since EV World tackled the issue of global warming, so we figured it was time to stir things up a little again with the help of Charles A. Amman. You might not agree with what he says, but we'll guarantee you'll remember what he has to say... especially his conclusion. http://evworld.com/reports2/amman.html ALL THE COSTS OF THE AUTOMOBILE - PART 2 Should car makers be held responsible for the final disposal of their vehicles? A lot of folks in Europe think so and there's a move underway to make auto makers accountable for recycling their cars and trucks at the end of their service life. You'll want to read/listen to the rest of our interview with Kevin Mills of the Environmental Defense Fund. http://evworld.com/interviews2/kmills.html REVERT TO DIRT That irracible Downeaster, Charlie MacArthur is at it again. This week he looks 10 years into the future and with peevish wit foresees the bright future for bicycles when we're forced by high oil prices to let our Interstate system "revert to dirt." http://evworld.com/archives/macarthur4.html YES, VIRGINIA... THERE REALLY IS AN EV WORLD WEB SITE So, if you want insight into what's happening in the EV world, be sure to stop by http://evworld.com.
