Electric Car

"Failure Is Not an Option..."

Wade Norris | Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Tesla, Electric Conversion, Geothermal, Copenhagen, Solar Panels, Electric Car, Colorado, Fossil Fuels, Oil, Environmental Refugees, Windmills, Denver News

What if we approached global warming the way we approached confronting the Nazis in World War II or the way NASA approached Apollo 13?

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Reva: Electric Car's Future May Be In The Hands Of Small Indian Company

New York Times | VIKAS BAJAJ | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Reva, Chevy Volt, Tata Motors, General Motors, Gm, Electric Car, Nissan Leaf, Business News

What is indisputable is that as the whole automotive world seems to be racing suddenly toward the age of electricity, the Reva Electric Car Company is...

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Colorado Tesla Buyers Get $42,083 Tax Rebate

Posted 10.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Tesla, Cash for Clunkers, Tesla Roadster, Colorado Tax Credit, Electric Car, Hybrid Car, Boulder, Colorado, Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Denver News

Just in time for the new Tesla dealership in Boulder, the state of Colorado is offering a jaw-dropping head-scratching tax rebate on "alternative fuel...

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Reva Electric Car Co. To Build Electric Cars At Syracuse Plant

AP | WILLIAM KATES | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Energy, Reva Electric Car Company, Bannon Automotive, Freeport New York, Electric Car, Syracuse Electric Car, Syracuse New York, Syracuse Electric Car Factory, Green Living, New York, New York News

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — An Indian car company has chosen upstate New York for a factory to build a new generation of electric cars for North America, a...

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Green LEAF, Shocking VOLT -- GM Doesn't Get It, Again

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Electric Car, Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf, Carbon Emissions, General Motors, Gas Prices, Chevrolet, Gas, Chevy Volt, Chevy, Nissan, Green News

The Nissan LEAF is bringing the next generation of low- and zero-emission vehicles to market. The Chevy VOLT still runs on gasoline, and goes less than half the distance of a fully charged LEAF.

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Seven Ways Americans Are Kicking Their Gas-Guzzling Habit

Tara Lohan | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Hybrid Car, Mass Transit, Smart Car, Toyota Prius, Public Transportation, Green Transportation, Electric Car, Vespa, Transportation, Green News

With gas mileage near the bottom of the heap -- 15 miles per gallon in the city and around 20 on the highway -- trucks are icons of America's suicidal obsession with gas guzzlers.

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E-Up: Volkswagen ELECTRIC CAR Unveiled

AP | GEORGE FREY | Posted 09.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Vw Green Car, Vw Eup, Vw Electric Car, Volkswagon E-Up, E Up, Volkswagen, Vw Car, Volkswagon Electric Car, Green Cars, Eup, Vw E-Up, E-Up, Volkswagen E-Up, Electric Cars, Electric Car, Volkswagen Electric Car, Business News

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Toyota Bets Against The Electric Car

Read More: Electric Car, Hiroko Tabuchi, Toyota, Hyrbid Cars, General Motors, Business News

With Nissan pushing full steam into electric cars, and General Motors making a big splash with its plug-in hybrid, Hiroko Tabuchi at the New York Time...

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Nissan's Leaf Claims 367 MPG - Is It Better Than The Chevy Volt? (VIDEO)

Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Chevy Volt, Volt MPG, Fuel Efficiency, Electric Car, Nissan Leaf, Miles Per Gallon, Business News

Yesterday, General Motors claimed that the much-anticipated Chevy Volt would get a whopping 230 miles per gallon. As some critics have pointed out, th...

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GM: New Chevy Volt To Get 230 Miles Per Gallon

AP | KIMBERLY S. JOHNSON | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Epa, General Motors, Chevy Volt, Electric Cars, New Volt, Gm, Chevrolet Volt, New Chevy Volt, Rechargeable Electric Cars, 230 Mpg, Gm 230 Mpg, Environmental Protection Agency, Volt 230 Mpg, Electric Car, Sustainability, Green Technology, Business News

WARREN, Mich. — General Motors said Tuesday its Chevrolet Volt electric car could get 230 mpg in city driving, making it the first American vehi...

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Chevy Volt: GM's Hybrid Will Have $40,000 Price Tag

AdAge | Dave Guilford | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Fuel Efficiency, General Motors, Gm, Toyota Prius, Electric Car, Bob Lutz, Hybrid Vehicles, Chevy Volt, Sustainability, Green Technology, Business News

DETROIT (AdAge.com) -- In 2006, Bob Lutz was steaming over Toyota's success with the Prius hybrid. ...

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GM Finally Goes Green

treehugger.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Hybrid Bar, Fuel Efficient Vehicles, Car, General Motors, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Gm, Electric Car, Detriot, Green Vehicles, Vehicle, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Evolving Energy Tech, Green News

That's right, forget all about that smoggy past--the new, green GM is here to stay. It looks like the auto giant is about to undergo some serious rebr...

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The Driverless Car (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Google, Car, Solar Car, Fox News, Hybrid Car, Electric Car, Drive, Slideshow, Green Living, Green Design, Vehicle, Automobile, Green News

The designers who contributed to the Google Phone, Mike and Maaike are in the preliminary process of coming up with the ATNMBL (autonomobile). To be r...

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First McDonald's With Electric Car Charging Station To Open

News & Observer | Sue Stock | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Charging Stations, Electric Car, Green, Electric Car Charging Stations, Mc D's, Electric-Car-Charging-Stations, Mcdonalds, Mcdonalds Electric Cars, Electric-Cars, Green News

The station will allow drivers of electric cars to plug them in and charge them while they eat....

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Nissan Electric Car: Mass Production Coming In 2012

AP | SHINO YUASA | Posted 09.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Nissan, Electric Car, Carlos Ghosn, Toyota Motor Corp, Green Technology, Sustainability, Business News

YOKOHAMA, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its electric vehicles will be affordable, setting sights on the potentially lucrative market wit...

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China Outlines Plan To Lead World In Electric Cars

New York Times | Posted 05.11.2009 | World

Read More: China Environmental Policy, Electric Car Infrastructure, Foreign Affairs, Electric Cars, Electric Car, China Enviromental Record, China Environmental Improvements, China, Advocacy, World News

Senior Chinese officials outlined on Friday how they aimed to turn their country into the world's largest producer of electric cars, including a focus...

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Why Just Bail Out Automakers? How About Some Buy In?

Edward Humes | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Big Three, Chrysler, General Motors, Andy Frank, James Worden, Electric Car, Ford, Environment, Carmakers, Edward Humes, Eco Barons, Zero Emissions Vehicle, Greenhouse Gas, Green News

Congress is understandably skeptical about the Big Three's plea for a multi-billion-dollar bailout of their failing auto businesses. These are, after ...

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Dispatch from the Electric Vehicle Revolution

Graham Hill | Posted 04.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Electric Car, Electric Car Charging Stations, Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Green Living, Electric Car Infrastructure, Electric Cars, Green News

Hawaii's announcement that it will create an electric car infrastructure with 100,000 charging stations by 2012 is excellent news. The San Francisco B...

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San Francisco Partners With Shai Agassi's Electric Car Scheme, a $1 Billion Project

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 12.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Gavin Newsom, Automotive Industry, San Fransisco, Environment, Israel, Cars, Electric Car, Better Place, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Shai Agassi, Israel21c, California, Green News

The financial crisis is hurting Americans, but months before the hit fuel costs were already gouging into people's pockets. Some were forced to carpoo...

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Tesla Motors Getting Some Cash

SI Insider | Vasanth Sridharan | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Alternative Energy, Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, Electric Car, Tesla, Green News

Valley darling Tesla Motors, which makes the Roadster, a $109,000 electric sports car, needs a little more cash. The CEO Elon Musk confirmed with Reut...

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Global Warming Denier Bob Lutz Continues Making General Motors Look Ridiculous

Josh Nelson | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Auto Companies, General Motors, Politics, 60 Minutes, Greenwashing, Climate Change, Electric Car, Tom Wilkinson, Bob Lutz, Global Warming, Green News

Show me an environmentalist that "likes" Bob Lutz and I'll show you a gullible fool. Seriously, I'd love to know who he is talking about.

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Chevy Volt: Batteries Charge Fine, It's Carrying, Cooling And Using Them Them That's Not Ready

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 09.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Chevy Volt, Chevrolet Volt, GM Volt, Gm, Chevrolet, Electric Car, Alternative Energy, Green Car, Sustainable Car, Phevs, Detroit Auto Show, Business News

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Early versions of the Chevrolet Volt's battery packs are powerful enough to run the high-stakes rechargeable car, but doz...

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I Killed The Electric Car

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 09.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Electric Car, Chevy Volt, Ev1, Tesla Motors, Alternative Fuels, Electric Cars, Energy, Green News

So, who really killed the electric car? Sadly, I think I did. Here's why: Rick Wagoner was interviewed the other day and said - "The future of GM and...

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Tesla To Produce $30K Electric Car

EcoGeek | Posted 09.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Green Cars, Alternative Fuel Cars, Fuel-Efficient, Alternative Energy, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Electric Cars, Alternative Fuels, Green News, Green, Cars, Electric Car, Green Living, Green News

Weren't we just talking about why there aren't any cheap electric cars? Seemingly reading our minds, Tesla is coming up with a $30k sedan that the ave...

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GM's Chevy Volt Will Take Bravery, Government Help And Luck

HybridCars.com | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, Oil Crisis, Chevrolet, Chevy Volt, Bob Lutz, General Motors, Gm, Electric Car, Green Technology, Green News

General Motors can't catch a break with its green car plans. As hybrids steadily gained market share in the first half of this decade, the company sta...

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