DOE Closes $1.4B Loan Agreement with Nissan to Support Production of LEAF and Batteries

Tom Dowling, creator of EV Charger News (www.evchargernews.com) first developed an interest in electric transportation at age nine when his SF Municipal Railroad father let him drive an electric street car a few feet. Years later, when Tom took an EV1 test drive for a few miles, he was hopelessly hooked.

Lithium for EVs: Yes, Virginia, There Will Be Enough
by Paul Oppenheimer, US Naval Postgraduate School

The EV lithium-supply debate--whether there will be enough for EV proliferation--seems to have originated from a paper by William Tahil of Meridian International Research (MIR). For the average consumer or researcher the most cogent rebuttal comes from San Diego geologist Keith Evans, who argues that there is plenty of Li and Li-production capacity.

Plug In America will have a speaker, Legislative Director Jay Friedland, and a booth at the Plug-In 2009 Conference and Exposition in Long Beach, California on August 10-13. See http://www.plugin2009.com for event details.