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National Press Conference

National Press Club Promotes Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Renewable Energy News
January 23, 2006


This Tuesday, January 24 at 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. at the National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th St. NW, Washington, DC, Austin Energy and the Plug-in Partners Coalition will host a press conference to launch a national campaign for plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Find out why cities and counties, national policy organizations, electric utilities, national security experts, and environmental groups are uniting behind the push for flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles (electric-gas vehicles that can be recharged by plugging them into standard sockets).

Hear how the Plug-in Partners campaign makes a compelling case for automakers to produce plug-ins.

Talk to some of the leading flexible-fuel plug-in hybrid vehicle experts in the country to understand the development of the next-generation of hybrid vehicles.

Speakers who will be available to address technical questions include

Austin Mayor Will Wynn;

Charles Fox,
Deputy Secretary for Energy and Environment for Governor George Pataki of New York;

Frank Gaffney,
President, Center for Security Policy;

James Woolsey,
Former CIA Director and currently with Booz Allen Hamilton;

Kateri Callahan,
President, Alliance to Save Energy;

Alan Richardson,
President & CEO, American Public Power Association;

Dr. Joe Romm, Executive Director, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions

Andy Frank,
Professor, University of California - Davis, widely regarded as the inventor of plug-in hybrids.

posted by AE @ 9:06 AM