Electric Car

I Killed The Electric Car

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 09.10.2008 | 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 09.06.2008 | 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 07.29.2008 | 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 07.28.2008 | Green


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Chevy Volt: "The Barack Obama Of Automobiles"

The Atlantic | Jonathan Rauch | Posted 07.28.2008 | 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 07.28.2008 | Green


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

Neil Young Converts Lincoln Convertible to Electric Ride

AP | Posted 06.13.2008 | 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 06.11.2008 | 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...

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

Portfolio | Andy Grove | Posted 03.28.2008 | 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 03.28.2008 | 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...