Electric Cars

Will 2010 be the Year of the Green Car?

Michael Graham Richard | Posted 06.27.2008 | Green


Michael Graham Richard

It seems like the next generation of green(er) cars will be with us soon. A slew of announcements for plug-in hybrids and electric car all show the same time stamp: 2010. Here's what's coming up.

Schwarzenegger: Feeding Oil Addiction Not The Answer

Sarasota Herald Tribune | Posted 06.26.2008 | Green


Calling electric cars "sexy" and America's energy policies "shameful," charismatic California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a surprise appearance in...

McCain Calls For Better Electric Car Battery, Proposes $300 Million Bounty

Huffington Post | Posted 06.23.2008 | Green


Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain proposed a $300 million reward for anyone who can design a more efficient electric car battery. ...

Electric Cars Pre-Date Civil War

mental_floss | Posted 06.13.2008 | Business


Talk about an old idea. The first electric cars hit the scene way back in the early 1830s, 30 years before the Civil War (for the record, they're also...

Green Smoke and Mirrors: A Voice of Reason On Israel's Electric Car Hype

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green


Karin Kloosterman

Today, with Renault-Nissan signed on to build the first prototype (it was released a couple of weeks ago), it seems that Israel could be the world's first to pilot test the electric car on a national scale.

Convert Your Car To Electric

ENN.com | Posted 06.02.2008 | Green


Gasoline-powered cars are perhaps the most inefficient devices that many of us use daily. The internal combustion engine is inefficient in term of pol...

Greening Hollywood: Bioneers Host Ed Begley, Jr.

Paige Donner | Posted 05.02.2008 | Living


Paige Donner

Ed Begley, Jr., resident Rockstar of the Hollywood Green Movement, spoke at last Tuesday's Venice Beach Bioneers meeting held at the Electric Lodge.

Talking Green with Cameron Diaz

Marianne Schnall | Posted 04.09.2008 | Living


Marianne Schnall

With Earth Day upcoming on April 22nd, I thought I would share some exclusive excerpts from my interview with Cameron Diaz, which includes her own personal motivation and tips for going green.

Electric Car Makers Facing Numerous Production Hurdles

Los Angeles Times | Ken Bensinger | Posted 04.05.2008 | Business


On an overcast Friday in February, about 100 people gathered behind Tesla Motors Inc. headquarters, awaiting the future of transportation. A truck pul...

California Lowers Auto Emissions Rule

AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California regulators have drastically cut the number of zero-emission vehicles required to be sold in the state by the yea...

GM Announces New Hybrid System

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 03.04.2008 | Business


DETROIT — General Motors Corp. says it expects to bring its first lithium-ion battery powered hybrid engine system to market in North America in...

The Car of the Future is Here

Joseph Romm | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics


Joseph Romm

The private sector is stepping up to the plate with world-class ingenuity, and other countries are forming partnerships to begin deploying electric drive cars. Is the U.S. going to join the game?

Cultural Reactionaries

Jesse Larner | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics


Jesse Larner

What really scares me about the warriors of the right, maybe even more than their addiction to class warfare is their inability to appreciate beauty on any terms other than their own.

Chrysler Opts For All-Electric Cars Rather Than Plug-Ins

CNet News | Michael Kanellos | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business


When you're No. 3, you've got to do something. At the Detroit auto show this week, Chrysler showed off three green car concepts, including an all-ele...

Who's Reviving The Electric Car?

GreenTechMedia | Rachel Barron | Posted 12.14.2007 | Business


As researchers, government agencies and financiers discuss how to bring electric vehicles to the masses at the International Electric Vehicle Symposiu...

Making the Dumb Grid Smarter

Marc Gunther | Posted 10.22.2007 | Business


Marc Gunther

In an era when people can talk to their TV sets or digital video recorders over the Internet from halfway around the world, it's crazy that a utility company can't get real-time information about what's happening on its own grid.


 

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