Electric Car

Global Warming Denier Bob Lutz Continues Making General Motors Look Ridiculous

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.06.2008 | Green


Josh Nelson

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.

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

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 08.14.2008 | Business


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

I Killed The Electric Car

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 08.10.2008 | Green


Steve Rosenbaum

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...

Tesla To Produce $30K Electric Car

EcoGeek | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green


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...

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

HybridCars.com | Posted 07.21.2008 | Green


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...

Electric Cars Take Over: 17 Electric Cars You Must Know About

Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green


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Chevy Volt: "The Barack Obama Of Automobiles"

The Atlantic | Jonathan Rauch | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green


Last year, while he was working in Germany as an engineer for General Motors, Andrew Farah got a call from a senior engineer in Detroit asking him to ...

Electric Car Plans: Japan Readies With Charging Ports

Treehugger | Posted 06.22.2008 | Green


(image courtesy of Wikipedia commons) The Japan Times reported this week that leading supermarket chain, Aeon Co., Ltd., is contemplating setting ...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.07.2008 | Politics


Arianna Huffington

It was quite a week. Barack Obama became the Democratic nominee -- rousingly endorsed by Hillary Clinton. Oil hit an all-time high; Bush's approval rating hit an all-time personal low. McCain hammered Obama for being willing to meet with our enemies on the same day a new poll showed 67 percent of the public agrees with Obama. A Senate report re-re-re-confirmed that the Bush administration led us into war under false pretenses. Tom DeLay proved he hasn't lost a step -- or gained an IQ point -- calling Obama "a Marxist." Bill Clinton erupted. Again. My good buddy Al Franken moved another step closer to the U.S. Senate. And the Hummer hit a dead-end. GM killed the electric car; soaring gas prices killed the Hummer. Karma all around.

Neil Young Converts Lincoln Convertible to Electric Ride

AP | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green


WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Neil Young, the rocker who provided some of the soundtrack to Vietnam-era protests, is trying to change the world again -- with ...

Chevy Volt: GM Claims Electric Car On Track For 2010

Reuters | Soyoung Kim | Posted 06.03.2008 | Green


WILMINGTON, Del., June 3 (Reuters) - General Motors Corp said on Tuesday its all-electric Chevrolet Volt was on track for a launch in 2010 after the c...

Cheaper Than Coal, On the Road?

Judy Dugan | Posted 12.19.2007 | Living


Judy Dugan

I want a hybrid electric GT with a dark, glossy exterior wrap that's actually a cheap solar-electric film.

Grove: To Innovate, Established Giants Need To Transform Other Markets

Portfolio | Andy Grove | Posted 11.15.2007 | Business


I usually try to control myself and resist giving compliments or unsolicited advice to people I don't know well. But I recently did just that. I email...

Auto Giants Revisit Electric Cars

Wall Street Journal | JOSEPH B. WHITE, NORIHIKO SHIROUZU | Posted 10.23.2007 | Business


Worried that urban congestion and fears about climate change could provoke a backlash against petroleum-fueled cars, big auto makers are revving up ef...