 VIDEO WEBCAST
Broadcast Date: January 24, 2006
Speech Venue: The
National Press Club, Washington, DC
Time: 9:30 a.m. Eastern
Standard Time
The
City of Austin, along with Austin Mayor Will Wynn, Austin Energy
Deputy General Manager Roger Duncan and a diverse group of
supporters announce the launch of the Plug-In Partners National
Campaign. A developing “perfect storm” of strategic, economic, and
environmental conditions is compelling the United States to find
ways to dramatically reduce oil consumption. Plug-In Partners is a
national initiative aimed at amassing support to manufacture
flexible fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles. The campaign’s goal is to
send a strong and clear message to automakers that a market exists
for plug-in hybrids in America today and that automakers should
mass-produce flexible fuel plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Confirmed speakers at the press conference include:
- Austin Mayor Will Wynn
- Frank Gaffney, President, Center for National Security
Policy
- James Woolsey, Former CIA Director and Founder, Set America
Free
- Kateri Callahan, President, Alliance to Save Energy
- Alan
Richardson, President & CEO, American Public Power Association
- Dr.
Joe Romm, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions
- Professor Andy Frank of the University of California –
Davis, widely regarded as the inventor
of plug-in
hybrids.
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